The making of the Chandra X-Ray Observatory: the project scientist's perspective

Martin C Weisskopf

doi:10.1073/pnas.0913067107

The making of the Chandra X-Ray Observatory: the project scientist's perspective

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2010 Apr 20;107(16):7135-40. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0913067107. Epub 2010 Mar 1.

Author

Martin C Weisskopf¹

Affiliation

¹ National Aeronautics and Space Administration/Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL 35805, USA. martin.c.weisskopf@nasa.gov

Abstract

The history of the development of the Chandra X-Ray Observatory is reviewed from a personal perspective. This review is necessarily biased and limited by space because it attempts to cover a time span approaching five decades.