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I don't remember what any of the mirrors we worked on were used for. But it gave us a great amount of involvement in the telescope, and we spent quite a bit of time inside the C-141 (when it banks, you really know it because as a high-wing plane, it swings to the side pendulously). Since the SOFIA is a mid-wing, no such problems.
There was a door you entered in adjacent to the telescope nasmyth focus that gave you access to the science bay,
with racks of equipment alternating with aircraft seats, with another door to the rear of the cargo area.
I seem to recall a lot of HP 2640 CRT terminals and minicomputers.
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