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Katashi_itto

(10,175 posts) Sun Jan 10, 2016, 08:18 AM Jan 2016

Climb Aboard NASA's Biggest Flying Laboratory

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Climb Aboard NASA's Biggest Flying Laboratory (Original Post) Katashi_itto Jan 2016 OP

Real science..... ewagner Jan 2016 #1

Exactly! Katashi_itto Jan 2016 #2

Disinterested curiosity (no agenda): Bernardo de La Paz Jan 2016 #3

Pioneers, truth-seekers, & heroes! Gumboot Jan 2016 #4

ewagner

(18,964 posts)

1. Real science.....

Reply to Katashi_itto (Original post)

Sun Jan 10, 2016, 10:45 AM

Jan 2016

real scientist...without agenda...looking for data...and from that data...answers..

Katashi_itto

(10,175 posts)

2. Exactly!

Reply to ewagner (Reply #1)

Sun Jan 10, 2016, 11:32 AM

Jan 2016

Bernardo de La Paz

(48,988 posts)

3. Disinterested curiosity (no agenda):

Reply to ewagner (Reply #1)

Sun Jan 10, 2016, 05:17 PM

Jan 2016

"Disinterested intellectual curiosity is the life blood of real civilization." -- G.M. Trevelyan (1876-1962) -- 1942.

Gumboot

(531 posts)

4. Pioneers, truth-seekers, & heroes!

Reply to Katashi_itto (Original post)

Sun Jan 10, 2016, 09:38 PM

Jan 2016

Quite astonishing how much testing & analysis gear is loaded into that beautiful old DC-8. There's barely enough room left for the scientists themselves.

But I bet they all enjoy every single minute of their airborne adventures. What a life!

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