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There is now a CONTENT FREEZE for Mercury while we switch to a new platform. It began on Friday, March 10 at 6pm and will end on Wednesday, March 15 at noon. No new content can be created during this time, but all material in the system as of the beginning of the freeze will be migrated to the new platform, including users and groups. Functionally the new site is identical to the old one. webteam@gatech.edu
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Balloon borne telescopes can achieve much of the promise of satellite borne experiments, at a fraction of the cost, while providing important tests for upcoming satellite missions. Tour tonne telescopes can be launched above 99.5% of the atmosphere for flights flights up up to several weeks. I will discuss the performance and preliminary results from the recent BLASTpol submm telescope, and discuss the performance of the recent Spider mm-wave telescope. Additionally, the advent of Super-pressure Balloon missions will permit flights of up to 100 nights, opening up the potential of visible and near UV diffraction-limited imaging. I will discuss the upcoming BIT and SuperBIT missions designed to take early advantage of this new capability.
