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Old 11-June-2008, 05:00 PM
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A powerful new space observatory called GLAST launched successfully today, and will provide a huge leap in our capabilities to study gamma rays, the highest-energy form of light. The Gamma Ray Large Area Space Telescope will enable scientists to answer persistent questions about a broad range of topics, including supermassive black-holes, pulsars, cosmic rays, and [...]

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Old 11-June-2008, 07:17 PM
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I was hoping to get to see it (I live 80 or so miles south of the Cape), but the clouds were too thick today.

Still hoping to get to see the Shuttle land on Saturday as I'm heading past Canaveral anyway (and that'll complete the launch video I took last week!)
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