NASA buzzing Bmore to check on air pollution
NASA's known for space flight, but next week one of its airplanes is going to start buzzing low over central Maryland, dipping down to 1,000 feet off the ground at times.
The series of overflights beginning Monday are part of a monthlong mission to sample the region's air pollution. Federal, state and university scientists hope the data gathered will help them design new air monitoring satellites and ground stations.
For more on the flights and the region's air quality, read my colleague Frank Roylance's story in baltimoresun.com
(P-3B Orion turboprop based at NASA's Wallops Island flight facility. NASA photo)
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Anyone else find it ironic that NASA is testing for air pollution by flying a plane that will burn 10,000 pounds of aviation fuel to do the testing?
Posted by: michael | July 8, 2011 8:46 AM