Nature
News: The 9-year mission of NASA's
Compton
Gamma Ray Observatory ended in 2000 with a plunge into the
Pacific Ocean. But its spare parts are living on
âmdash; as a detector of dirty bombs.
James Ryan, an astrophysicist at the University of New Hampshire in Durham, has recycled parts from one of the space telescope's old instruments, realizing that they can work just as well pointing horizontally as they did vertically up into the heavens.
James Ryan, an astrophysicist at the University of New Hampshire in Durham, has recycled parts from one of the space telescope's old instruments, realizing that they can work just as well pointing horizontally as they did vertically up into the heavens.
