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Giant telescope dedicated in West Virginia
In Green Bank West Virginia a 75 million dollar Robert C Byrd Green Bank Telescope was dedicated as the world s largest fully steerable radio telescope The 485 foot structure with a 100 by 110 meter dish stands in a mountain valley and aims to study galaxy birth star formation and interstellar chemistry Scientists note its precision and unique unblocked aperture design The project led by National Radio Astronomy Observatory and funded with NSF support plans to be fully operational within two years
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Green Bank
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Washington Monument
Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
National Science Foundation
Rita Colwell
NASA
Daniel Goldin
National Radio Astronomy Observatory
Paul Vanden Bout
Colwell
Earth
Byrd
Arecibo Observatory
Puerto Rico
Sterling
Comsat