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This is nice news!
But to be realistic, did you take a look at the participants list?
almost metric countries, who really thinks they would let someone impose
non-metric on them?!
bye
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2003 12:08
AM
Subject: [USMA:27613] square kilometre
array
Australia is contributing to two next generation radio telescopes: the
Square Kilometre Array (SKA) and the Low Frequency Array (LOFAR). The SKA will
have a collecting area of one square kilometre making it 100 times more
sensitive than the current best instruments. It will operate at centimetre
wavelengths and may be operational in 2015. LOFAR, a more immediate project,
will be about one tenth the size of the SKA. It will work at metre wavelengths
and may be operational as soon as 2008. These new telescopes are so ambitious
that international collaboration is mandatory in their design, construction
and operation.
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