Firts Stage of Allen Telescope activated.

[MeteorWayne]

Allen Telescope Array Planetary Society link<br /><br /><font color="yellow">"Planetary News: SETI (2007) First Stage of Allen Telescope Array Opens for BusinessOctober 11, 2007 <br /><br />Today, the University of California, Berkeley and the SETI Institute announced that the first 42 radio dishes of the Allen Telescope Array (ATA) are activated and collecting scientific data from the far reaches of the universe. <br /><br />This is the first phase of a planned 350 radio dishes that will advance the capabilities of radio astronomy research. Paul G. Allen, Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist whose foundation donated seed money that started the project in 2001, joined representatives of UC Berkeley and the SETI Institute to launch the array. "</font><br /><br />This is a great project.<br /><br />And of course there are <font color="orange"> 42 </font>dishes now.... <img src="/images/icons/smile.gif" /><br /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#000080"><em><font color="#000000">But the Krell forgot one thing John. Monsters. Monsters from the Id.</font></em> </font></p><p><font color="#000080">I really, really, really, really miss the "first unread post" function</font><font color="#000080"> </font></p> </div>