Good news for astronomy geeks...

[Apocalypse]

http://m.news24.com/news24/SciTech/N...eport-20120309

Looks like we are favorites for the SKA

Got to be a good thing.

Should help with keeping those other frackers out of the Karoo..

[C Africa]

Now that really is good news, lets hold thumbs that it remains good for the final decision. I know that the SA scientists put in a lot of effort in their proposals, and for once the goverment played along, the area where the pilot site (Meerkat) is running, has been declared a "radio interference free" area and all the cell phone towers have been switched off.


We'll keep a watch for that 4 April decision.

C