Hmmm... large dish antennas for radio astronomy "or other uses"... I'm wondering if "other uses" might include space vehicle communications? (I haven't the faintest idea if this has a "save the site" plan in it somewhere, but perhaps it's worth considering...)
-dave w "John F. McGowan, Ph.D." wrote: > > ERPS > > Dear Fellow Space Enthusiasts, > > As I mentioned in a previous posting, Stanford University is decommissioning > an array of 60 foot radio telescopes located off Alpine Road near the > University. This site was used for many years for radio astronomy by > Stanford University Professor Ronald Bracewell and his research group. It > is a serious research facility. An opportunity exists for interested > parties to either take over and continue operation of the site or take > possession of the radio telescopes for radio astronomy or other uses. My > previous posting generated a great deal of interest. > > Stanford has delayed demolition of the radio telescopes for 10 months to > give private parties time to organize and fund continued use of the site or > relocation of the telescopes. Please see the message below for full > details. > > If you have a need for radio telescope or simply would like to help out, > please contact Bob Lash (see below) directly or myself. Please feel free to > forward this information to qualified colleagues. > > Sincerely, > > John McGowan > Chairman, Northern California Mars Society > Northern California Mars Society Web Site: > http://chapters.marssociety.org/northca/ > NorCal Mars Society Yahoo Group: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mars-norcal/ > John McGowan's Web Site: www.jmcgowan.com > John McGowan's E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > John McGowan's Phone: (650) 941-1757 > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bob Lash" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: (recipients deleted) > Sent: Thursday, August 26, 2004 11:26 PM > Subject: Stanford 8/26 meeting report: Success! Dish demolition deferred !! > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Bob Lash > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Thursday, August 26, 2004 11:06 PM > > Subject: Stanford 8/26 meeting report: Success! Dish demolition deferred > !! > > > > > > Hi all - > > > > I attended the Stanford dish site disposition meeting today (8/26) and > > presented a "Draft Proposal Outline" on behalf of SARA (reviewed in > advance > > by Jeff Lichtman, SARA Founder & VP). The Society for Amateur Scientists > > (SAS) has agreed to collaborate with SARA to support this effort. > > > > A link to this DRAFT proposal is below: > > > > http://www.bambi.net/sara/proposal.doc > > > > I am pleased to report that as a result of this proposal, Stanford's > School > > of Engineering decided to defer the imminent demolition of the five 60 > foot > > dishes, and leave the control room standing. They did this to give us a > > reasonable amount of time (until June 30th, 2005 -- 10 months) to come up > > with a final plan that shows "what is proper to take the site forward with > > one or more dishes". > > > > This final plan is to be "tangible, and have teeth", which I take to mean > > that we have enough fundraising work completed (or at least sources in > > place) by then to make the plan we propose go, and that this is sufficient > > to absolve the School of Engineering of further cost liability. The plan > > must also, of course, be acceptable to Stanford University as well as the > > School of Engineering. > > > > A DRAFT timeline and a VERY ROUGH first cut at a cost estimate is at the > > link below. The costs and line-items are modeled after the Woodbury/GA > Tech > > site that involved two abandoned 100 foot AT&T dishes and one caretaker: > > > > http://www.bambi.net/sara/budget.doc > > > > Two people have already volunteered to be on-site caretakers. One is even > > willing to live on-site in his mobile home! We've got one out-of-state > > volunteer with a machine shop. > > > > As with local museums, science centers, etc., I think our best source of > > contributions will come from local "angel" benefactors who want to see an > > observatory come into being that brings this exciting branch of astronomy > > into the reach of the general public. Even though the site enjoys radio > > protection from small nearby hills, the site is in the heart of the San > > Francisco Bay Area and easy for the public to get to. > > > > Stanford will proceed ahead at this time with their contractor in reducing > > the vegetation to an acceptable level that will satisfy the University > Fire > > Marshall (he was in today's meeting too), clean up scrap materials at the > > site, and demolish 3 of the 4 buildings (leaving the control room up). > > > > I'll update you all shortly as the next proposed steps to move forward are > > worked out. > > > > Best wishes, > > > > Bob Lash > > (Past Director, SARA) > > > > _______________________________________________ > ERPS-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.erps.org/mailman/listinfo/erps-list _______________________________________________ ERPS-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.erps.org/mailman/listinfo/erps-list
