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[ Jet taking off ]

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>>SOFIA is, for me, a possibility to make very
interesting and very useful observations in

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the infrared.

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[ Speaking in German ]

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>>Astronomy needs infrared observations because
in infrared you see all these exciting objects

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like young stars, planets which are forming,
centers of galaxies, for example, and I think

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it's very important to make those observations
in a way like SOFIA that means you can repeat,

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you can repair your instruments, and start
every day again with new ideas.

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>>Is it interesting to fly a plane like SOFIA?

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>>Yeah, it is interesting knowing that you're
just part of the science team getting the

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science.

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We have our challenges up here just like everyone
on the airplane does, to help put the airplane

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in the right place at the right time, so the
telescope is getting what the scientists want

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to get.

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>>Last night, I learned a lot about SOFIA.

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It's my second flight tonight and I'm getting
better and better at understanding the whole

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SOFIA project.

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Now we are mapping the horse head nebula,
and it's very interesting to see the techniques

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and astronomers, to see how they
work together.

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>>I will bring it back to the students.

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This stuff is so complicated and really difficult,
even for the older students I have.

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I will try to find some game, maybe, what
they are measuring right now, the mapping

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of this Orion molecular cloud, as an example
of the physics they are doing here.

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I think the teamwork, which I experienced
during my time here at SOFIA, there are so

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many people from different countries which
work together here, without any problem, that

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would be an aspect I could maybe transfer
to the sports classes too.

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>>I will tell my students that there's very
good teamwork here, a lot of professional