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Australia and South Africa To Share the Square Kilometer Array

Posted by Soulskill on from the you-get-weekends-but-i-get-holidays dept.

ananyo writes "The battle for the world's largest radio telescope has ended in a draw. As an earlier Slashdot story suggested, South Africa and Australia are to split the Square Kilometre Array, a €1.5 billion (US$1.9 billion) project made up of 3,000 15-meter-wide dishes and an even larger number of simple antennas. The decision was announced at a meeting outside of Amsterdam in the Netherlands, following a vote by SKA's international board."

6 of 79 comments (clear)

  1. What? by durrr · · Score: 4, Funny

    So do we average out the proposed locations and put it in the middle of the ocean then?

  2. You know negotiations succeeded when... by schitso · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...each side comes out equally unhappy.

  3. Re:What a let down for both sides... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    We're us, of course. Who are you?

  4. Re:Name by TapeCutter · · Score: 4, Funny

    But we will call it "Bruce" to avoid confusion.

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  5. Re:Really? by L4t3r4lu5 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Some kind of game children played in the 90's where everybody won?

    There's no I in "team", but there's two in "Winning." You think that means we both win? Wrong. I win twice. Now give me that Silver medal.

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  6. Re:Name by RivenAleem · · Score: 3, Funny

    Wasted a perfect opportunity to call it "Wisdom of Solomon Array"