NASA's far-IR/submillimeter roadmap missions: SAFIR and SPECS

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 631-636

  Leisawitz, David ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Imaging; Interferometry; NASA's far IR submillimeter roadmap missions; Single Aperture Far Infrared Telescope (SAFIR); Submillimeter Probe of the Evolution of Cosmic Structure (SPECS)

Indexed keywords

INTERFEROMETERS; SATELLITE OBSERVATORIES; SPACE TELESCOPES;

INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION; SPACE SCIENCE;

SPACE RESEARCH;

ASTRONOMY; INTERFEROMETRY;

EID: 3042654849     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2003.06.023     Document Type: Article

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