World’s largest telescope pauses expansion amid funding crunch. The Square Kilometer Array (SKA) has paused construction due to a lack of funds, and whether the telescope will ever reach its target ‘square kilometer’ is not clear
World’s largest telescope pauses expansion amid funding crunch. The Square Kilometer Array (SKA) has paused construction due to a lack of funds, and whether the telescope will ever reach its target ‘square kilometer’ is not clear
Radio astronomer here! Goes without saying, this sucks. The SKA has been in the works for over a decade now, and a pause like this could end the project indefinitely.
Also, in before everyone sagely advising me “just build it on the far side of the moon!”- if you think we can find the funds for that when we can’t find the funds to build it on the ground, well, let’s just say that’s not a realistic solution.
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Radio astronomer here! Goes without saying, this sucks. The SKA has been in the works for over a decade now, and a pause like this could end the project indefinitely.
Also, in before everyone sagely advising me “just build it on the far side of the moon!”- if you think we can find the funds for that when we can’t find the funds to build it on the ground, well, let’s just say that’s not a realistic solution.