What is the new name for the NASA GLAST satellite?

And why did they pick that name?

dee42008-08-27T10:42:04Z

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The complete article is on universetoday.com.With "first light" successfully observed by the Gamma Ray Large Area Space Telescope, or GLAST, as it has been called until now, NASA has christened the space observatory with its new official name: The Fermi Gamma Ray Space Telescope. Named for Italian physicist Enrico Fermi, the telescope will delve into the mysteries of the high energy end of the electromagnetic spectrum.

quantumclaustrophobe2008-08-27T10:40:46Z

It's called Fermi, in honor of the scientist.