From: LARRY KLAES (ljk4_at_msn.com)
Date: Thu Dec 16 2004 - 09:07:48 PST
University of Chicago spokesperson Larry Arbeiter concedes that he "can't make ironclad guarantees" that the university will preserve the observatory as a publicly accessible astronomy museum. But, he adds, "we consider it highly desirable that the facility be made use of in a way that preserves its heritage and is accessible to the public . . . and we think it highly unlikely that anyone would offer so large a premium as to divert us from that commitment." Furthermore, says Arbeiter, no offer now on the table calls for the observatory's destruction. "With people like Hubble, Compton, Chandrasekhar, and Sagan . . . in our astronomical heritage," Arbeiter adds, "we appreciate the importance of Yerkes and are serious about preserving it."
http://skyandtelescope.com/news/article_1408_1.asp Just remember what Ohio State University (OSU) did to the Big Ear radio telescope that had the longest
http://www.bigear.org/ Larry
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: Thu Dec 16 2004 - 09:18:34 PST
running microwave SETI program - they sold it to a developer who scrapped the radio telescope and
turned the land into a golf course! Now you know why we haven't received signals from higher intelligences.