Thread: SKA goes ZA!
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Old 18-04-2012, 10:06 PM
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Nothing official has been reported...the instrument site is still up for grabs.
But it appears that Southern Africa will get the nod.
An unfortunate decision, if it goes that way.
Australia is the best choice.....our larger site will allow a larger array to be built...we are a politically and socially stable nation...and we are ONE nation.
If it goes the other way, up to SEVEN nations will have control over The SKA.
Africa is not exactly a doyen of stability in any guise, and I can see this project being held for ransom by any number of the tinpot dictators that run those countries.
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