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A journey through the stars, via ground based radio astronomy? That’s the WA (Western Australia) Govt’s plan, with a $20m package to boost their chances of winning the A$2 billion ‘Square Kilometre Array’.
Australia is one of two international bidders shortlisted for the ‘Square Kilometre Array’, or SKA - an international project to develop a next-generation radio telescope capable of exploring the origins of the universe, with scientists and research organisations from 19 countries contributing to the project.
Cosmos Magazine continued that: “The advanced array would consist of thousands of radio dish antennas spread across the continent to create a 'virtual' dish thousands of kilometres in diameter. Though spread over more than 3,000 km, half of the antennas in the Australian SKA would be in a central 5 km by 5 km region in outback Western Australia”.
WA Premier Alan Carpenter said in a statement that: “The SKA is considered to be the world’s biggest science project of the 21st century. Our logic is simple - we want to win the SKA project for Australia. We already have the best site in the world; now we want the best science in the world”.