L'ombelico del mondo
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January 7, 2009 at 3:35pm
It appears that Malta is the centre of the universe, after all.
The Times, Wednesday, 7th January 2009
Leading astronomers to discuss €1.5 billion project in Malta
Some of the world’s most accomplished astronomers will be descending on the island tomorrow to discuss the planned Square Kilometre Array (SKA), an EU project to design the world’s largest radio astronomical instrument. Once built, the telescope will provide the most rigorous tests of general relativity, measure the properties of every single galaxy in the entire universe and investigate the possibility of life beyond the solar system.
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Anybody remembering HER belly button?
http://de.youtube.com/watch?v=qC1zYEyUlCU
The SKA is not the only scientific project on world, and it is not the SKA that will provide the most rigorous tests of GR, and NO TELESCOPE CAN OBSERVE “every single galaxy in tne universe”. THAT IS COMPLETE RUBBISH, WORSE THAN STATING THAT THE EARTH IS FLAT. Quite apart from the fact that it is the conference that will be hosted in Malta, not the project itself. I’m sure Zarb Adami never made such outrageous claims.
@Andrea
Sorry liebe, although Jane did have a lovely belly button, NOBODy but NOBODY beats ”old blue eyes” singing his song!
Enjoy:
http://de.youtube.com/watch?v=1rAsoLm1Ges
There! Now you know! Pity they’re only here to discuss. The €1.5 billion will be spent elsewhere.
@ Kev
Just having such a conference in Malta is already an achievement, and the fact that Kristian is leading the Oxford group is quite impressive and shall give opportunities to Maltese students to be exposed to this field of studies. Just for your information, a radio telescope like that has to be located in remote areas; in fact the site will not even be in Europe. Please let us criticise when needed but applaud hard work and peer-supported success.
To be exposed is not enough. They need to be able to go where the action is. We should close the faculty of science altogether, and use the existing budget in the form of scholarships for Maltese students. It’s the way they do it in Portugal, Slovenia, and a host of other small players in the scientific fields, and now they can boast of chaps like Magueijo, or Seljak, who never did a jot of undergraduate study in their home country. It’s the way of the future.