Comments on: GLAST Blasts Off

By: Joe Shmoe

Joe Shmoe — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 01:46:56 +0000

Will the images produced by this instrument (whatever it ends up being called) be public domain? It used to be that you could count on free images from NASA, but their exemption from copyright has lately been diluted by their various "partnerships" as described in that last paragraph.

By: Talthsimar

Talthsimar — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 23:00:57 +0000

Sorry, I can't help it. GLAST gets me real excited about what it may discover… but the end of the article can be paraphrased into "Brought to you by Carls Jr."

"The mission is an astrophysics and particle physics partnership, developed by NASA in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Energy, along with important contributions from academic institutions and partners in France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Sweden, and the U.S."

By: YOGIH

YOGIH — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 18:47:58 +0000

Something funny… I read that US contributed with $600 milion towards the GLAST from total of $690 milion… Why would they invest so much in a such international project… Well, let's see… GLAST… reading gamma radiation bursts… from Universe… and maybe from Earth… Could it be a part time military satelite or the other way? Maping the Earth gamma radiation will show maybe something interesting about some countries developing nuclear weapons in secret… What's your opinion on that?

By: David

David — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 22:42:35 +0000

With deference to the next article, let's call it Plutoid.

By: Don Alexander

Don Alexander — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 19:52:16 +0000

Three Cheers for GLAST!!!

I watched the launch live on NASA TV.

As a GRB researcher, I've been waiting on this mission for years.

Pity it was delayed so long that it missed GRB 080319B (which GLAST's small brother, AGILE, also missed due to being on the wrong side of the Earth…)

By: Al Hall

Al Hall — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 19:41:46 +0000

How about Gamma Ray Electromagnetic and Astronomy Telescope.. GREAT!
Nah.. I'll keep thinking…

By: Nancy Atkinson

Nancy Atkinson — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 18:58:07 +0000

Andy C.–
Yes, the weather radar was briefly offline at Antigua.
Nancy

By: dmedici

dmedici — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 18:12:16 +0000

Thank God this thing finally got off the ground.

By: Andy C

Andy C — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 17:58:31 +0000

Very cool, and definitely about time.

One minor thing… I thought the delay was caused by a radar outage at Antigua.

By: Sps

Sps — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 17:37:00 +0000

At Glast. It's about time.

By: Jon Hanford

Jon Hanford — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 16:57:54 +0000

Go GLAST. This is definitely a major upgrade in technical capacity compared to the Compton GRO. I think the 'unknown unknowns' this mission is sure to encounter holds the biggest thrill for me personally. The gamma-ray journey with GLAST has only just begun!