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Topic: Arecibo designer Bill Gordon (1918-2010)
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cspg
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From: Geneva, Switzerland
Registered: May 2006
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posted 02-19-2010 08:50 AM
   
Bill Gordon dies at 92; designer of the massive Arecibo radio telescope Gordon managed construction of the device, which is 1,000 feet across, in Puerto Rico. The telescope was the first to detect ice on Mercury among other discoveries. ...Gordon was not originally interested in using the telescope for astronomy. His goal was probing the atmosphere at an altitude of 1,000 to 2,000 miles, where "weather" conditions might affect the flight of missiles and satellites. He hoped to observe the behavior of clouds of electrons, which are a measure of temperature. |
AstroAutos
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posted 02-19-2010 09:03 AM
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SpaceAholic
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posted 02-19-2010 10:29 AM
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Delta7
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randy
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posted 02-19-2010 04:33 PM
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Lunar rock nut
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Jeff
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dss65
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GACspaceguy
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Henk Boshuijer
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Philip
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cddfspace
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jasonelam
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history in miniature
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