Australia more likely to site SKA radio telescope: iLIVE
Artists impression of the MeerKAT array in the Karoo. File.
Image by: http://www.ska.ac.za/
Image by: http://www.ska.ac.za/
SA should be wary of overconfidence in the decision to site the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) radio telescope here.
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The Australian bid probably has more going for it as the area they have chosen has zero habitation and is not considered an area of natural beauty. From a purely green perspective the WA site must have less impact.
Furthermore Australia has a far better communications infrastructure with the country currently implementing a very high speed data network that Telkom could never match.
Lastly there is the question of cost.
Australia is a rich country which does not have the socio-economic problems of South Africa. Large sums of money here would be better employed solving some of these problems.
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