About the SOFIA Data Cycle System
The SOFIA Data Cycle System was initially developed under cooperative agreement
between NASA and the Universities Space Research Association (USRA), in
conjunction with the Rochester Institute of Technology and the University of
California, Los Angeles. Development has continued under NASA contract
NAS2-97001
to USRA. The SOFIA Proposal Tool is based on the Astronomers Proposal Tool
(APT) developed by the Space Telescope Science Institute.
Developer Credits:
Current USRA Development Team:
Li Sun, Thomas Lau, Kaori Nishikida, Robert Perez, Dr. Lan Lin, Dr. Liz Moore, and Erich Proudfit
RIT Development Team:
Robert Krzaczek
NASA Development Team:
Dr. Sean Colgan
USRA Senior Science Advisor / User Support
Dr. William Vacca, Dr. Ravi Sankrit
People who were part of the development team but have since left:
Francis Nelbach, Neill Callis, Jonathan Adams, Miguel Charcos-Llorens
Prof. Harvey Rhody, Patrick Stein,Scott Lawrence, and William Hoagland.
Prof. Mark Morris, J. Milburn, David Goorvitch