Ball to help NASA with its next generation telescope
BOULDER — Ball Aerospace based in Boulder will help build NASA’s next space telescope.
NASA has awarded the company a $113 million contract to build components for the Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope, according to a report in the Boulder Daily Camera.
The telescope is planned for launch in 2020 and will cost a total of about $3.2 billion. It will go beyond the capabilities of the Hubble Space Telescope and help scientists determine the nature of the universe.
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BOULDER — Ball Aerospace based in Boulder will help build NASA’s next space telescope.
NASA has awarded the company a $113 million contract to build components for the Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope, according to a report in the Boulder Daily Camera.
The telescope is planned for launch in 2020 and will cost a total of about $3.2 billion. It will go beyond the capabilities of the Hubble Space Telescope and help scientists determine the nature of the universe.
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