References & Sources

Lost Space Full Text

Rising din threatens radio astronomy

As more and more services flood the radio spectrum, radio astronomers fear they’re losing their rarefied view of the universe.

Further Readings:

Cowen, R. 1997. Radio astronomy gets off the ground. Science News 151(Feb. 22):119.

Skindrud, E. 1996. The big question. Science News 150(Sept. 7):152.

Sources:

Michael M. Davis
Arecibo Observatory
HC 3, Box 53995
Arecibo, 00612
Puerto Rico

John V. Evans
COMSAT Corporation
6560 Rock Spring Drive
Bethesda, MD 20817

Paul F. Goldsmith
Cornell University
National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center
502 Space Science
Ithaca, NY 14853

Mark M. McKinnon
National Radio Astronomy Observatory
P.O. Box 2
Green Bank, WV 24944

Roger N. Smith
International Telecommunication Union
Space Services Department
Place des Nations
CH-1211 Geneva 20
Switzerland

Gregory B. Taylor
National Radio Astronomy Observatory
Very Large Array
P.O. Box 0
Socorro, NM 87801

Paul A. Vanden Bout
National Radio Astronomy Observatory
520 Edgemont Road
Charlottesville, VA 22903-2475

From Science News, Vol. 156, No. 11, September 11, 1999, p. 168. Copyright © 1999, Science Service.