SA's telescope hopes rise

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http://www.itweb.co.za/sections/telecoms/2006/0609291038.asp?S=All Africa News&A=AFN&O=FPLEAD

[ Johannesburg, 29 September 2006 ] - Science and technology minister Mosibudi Mangena yesterday announced that SA has been short-listed alongside Australia in the race to host the R10 billion square kilometre array (SKA) radio telescope.
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Wait till they find out our bandwidth costs! Wasn't there an article last year about an existing telescope somewhere in SA and the scientists were complaining that they had to burn DVDs and post them off to their research colleagues in other countries, b/c internet costs were too high? :o
 
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