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The Spy Agency Origins Of NASA’s Next Powerful Planet-Hunting Observatory
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Popular Science 1/2/23 "And then in 2011 came an unexpected gift. The National Reconnaissance Office, the organization within the US government tasked with building and operating spy satellites for the NSA, CIA, and other three-letter agencies, apparently had some…extras. Sitting in a warehouse in upstate New York were two mirrors, similar to the one on the Hubble Space Telescope, that the NRO seemingly had no use for. The agency offered the mirrors to NASA free of charge. Now expected to launch in 2026 in 2027 (although likely later, as its development was already pushed back by the delays in getting the JWST to space), WFIRST has received its new monniker, in honor of the first female executive at NASA, Nancy Roman, who also served as the agency’s first Chief of Astronomy in the 1960s and 70s. The Roman has the same size of mirror as the Hubble’s, but it will boast a much wider field of view." https://www.popsci.com/science/roman...spy-satellite/ ___________________ .
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