Focus on NEW MISSION TO UNTANGLE MILKY WAY’S CHAOS
NASA has selected the $40mn GUSTO, which will operate from the South Pole, to examine the dust between the stars in our galaxy, from which all stellar components and planets originate © NASA; ESA; Hubble; NSF; Brian Duffy; Christopher Walker “ If we want to understand where we came from, then we have to understand the interstellar medium” From a circular path at an altitude between 33,530 and 36,575 metres (110,000 and 120,000 feet) above Antarctica, the Galactic/Extragalactic ULDB Spectroscopic Terahertz Observatory, or GUSTO, will investigate our galaxy’s interstellar medium and beyond. The high-altitude, Ultralong-Duration Balloon (ULDB) will rise into the cold, dry air – high above most of the atmospheric water vapour that would otherwise obscure the view – with…
