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Originally posted by yourmaker
so we detect an advancing alien fleet heading for our solar system...then what??
what's their plan beyond that?
we certainly aren't bugging the mothership with a virus or detonating a hydrogen bomb successfully remotely close near them so... what??....
asymmetric warfare against an interstellar species is literally futile.
the only space warfare capability we have is strapping 30 nukes to the Space shuttle and kamakazing the exterior of their craft, maybe mount a couple Navy lasers on the hull to weaken it a bit for maximum penetration...
but really...
Originally posted by Tazkven
reply to post by swoopaloop
Initial construction is due in 2016, and the SKA is expected to be fully operational by 2024. By 2019, well before the full array is completed, the team expects some exciting science results will be achievable.
Originally posted by UFCG2012AFHS
Originally posted by Tazkven
reply to post by swoopaloop
Initial construction is due in 2016, and the SKA is expected to be fully operational by 2024. By 2019, well before the full array is completed, the team expects some exciting science results will be achievable.
Thanks OP for bringing this to our attention however false flag would imply it being covert or damaging to somebody in some way. Building a 2 billion dollar device as the SKA is only raping taxpayers of their money but then again, given the fact the bill will be split over 20 countries it's just a drop in taxpayer's spending. The real questions to me are the following:
1. How is it that today, in May of 2012, those scientists can predict expecting some exciting science results for a project that is 4 years away from getting its initial foundation and 12 years from being finished. They say they are expecting some exciting results 5 years before the SKA is fully operational... now if that isn't magic or inside information of some kind... are they remote viewers to be able to make such claims about what will happen 7 years down the road from now? And why 2019 and not 2020 or 2021?
2. Haven't many governments implanted radio telescopes, put thousands of satellites and telescopes in orbit etc. under that ever same motto of finding out more about how the universe started, finding other planets in habitable zones etc. and measuring if the universe is expanding. Hasn't that information already been provided in the past? Big bang, recently found habitable planets that made the news and the fact that the universe is expanding as per the science community. So what is this device useful for? Can someone explain without sending me to a virus infected link please?edit on 21-5-2012 by UFCG2012AFHS because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by chr0naut
reply to post by xuenchen
They've been working on this for at least 10 years.
When I operated the Australia Telescope Array about 8 years ago (yes, they had arrayed radio telescopes back then), the plans were already being implemented.
It is nothing new and is just a large multi-element radio telescope. By teaming up many dishes, you can create a "virtual radio telescope" as large as the Earth. This will be a wonderful telescope and doesn't have anything to do with the doomsday ramblings of some blogger.
I think the Array will begin coming online this year.