A new Telescope for Seti

[SirUlli]

Press Releases
March 18, 2004

PAUL G. ALLEN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION FUNDS NEXT PHASE IN CONSTRUCTION OF THE WORLD'S NEWEST RADIO TELESCOPE ARRAY

The SETI Institute and UC Berkeley announce phased construction plan of the Allen Telescope Array

Three years of successful research and development expedites scientific investigation by years

Mountain View, CA (March 18, 2004) ? Investor and philanthropist Paul G. Allen has committed $13.5 million to support the construction of the first and second phases of the Allen Telescope Array (the ATA-32 and ATA-206), the world's newest multiple use radio telescope array. The ATA will eventually consist of 350 ? 6.1-meter dishes (ATA-350), when construction is completed late in the decade. The announcement was made today by Thomas Pierson, chief executive officer for the SETI Institute, a leading astrobiology institution with the mission of exploring the origin, nature and prevalence of life in the universe. The ATA is a partnership between the SETI Institute and the Radio Astronomy Laboratory of the University of California, Berkeley (RAL).

Today's announcement follows the successful completion of a three-year research and development phase which was originally funded by an $11.5 million gift from the Allen Foundation. The R & D proved that one of the primary advantages of the array design ? its scalability ? makes it possible for the ATA to conduct scientific investigations as soon as the first 32 dishes are installed.

Full Story at Seti Institute

Sir Ulli

 

[Unforgiven]

i saw something about this on the seti special on the history channel about 2 months back. they showed how the "cluster" of dish-like proportions worked. they are going to work in union to essentially act like one large telescope, isnt that the case? at any rate it looked very cool and some of the models/designs they were showing were really intriguing. thanx for the post dude!

 

[Assimilator1]

Cool! ,thanks for the info Ulli

 

[Robor]

Another informative post!

Oh, and welcome to Senior Member status, Sir Ulli!

 

[amdxborg]

Thanx SirUlli!

As always, great post!

 

[Coolkid]

Originally posted by: amdxborg
Thanx SirUlli!

As always, great post!