They had plans for bigger and better. http://www.bambi.net/stanford_dishes/photos_found_in_factory_building/ big_dish_model_photos/big_dish_model_1.jpg http://www.bambi.net/stanford_dishes/photos_found_in_factory_building/ big_dish_model_photos/ And an unusual scientific descendant: The celestial research conducted at Site 515 also resulted in earthly benefits. The algorithm that Bracewell created to reconstruct astronomical images from scans was universally adopted in computer- assisted tomography (CAT) scanners for medical diagnosis. For that accomplishment, the native Australian was elected a foreign associate of the National Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Medicine and received the Heinrich Hertz Medal from the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers. On Mar 4, 2006, at 7:39 PM, William Biesele wrote:

The five 60-foot dish antennas built by Professor Ronald Bracewell at Stanford are at risk of imminent demolition.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_N._Bracewell

http://www.bambi.net/stanford_dishes/rescue.html

http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2006/03/ help_save_the_stanford_dish_an.html

What science could be done with that setup now??

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