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1 Nov '06 -
ConnectAuckland Springboard Showcase
The Springboard Showcase event will take place at the Sky City
Convention Centre, starting at 1.30pm and finishing with a cocktail
function from 5.30pm - 6.30pm. SKANZ has been offered a booth at the
showcase by ConnectAuckland. Leaders from across the business, research
and Government sectors will be attending. It is estimated about 300 will
be attending the cocktail function.
BBC -
Nations
vie for giant telescope
Australia or South Africa will get to host one of the great scientific
projects of the 21st Century. (28/09/06)
TV One Breakfast
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Interview with Prof Sergei Gulyaev
Paul Henry spoke to radio astronomer Sergei Gulyaev about New Zealand's
chance to be involved in what he calls the biggest scientific project of
the century. It's a $2.5 billion radio telescope project spread across
17 countries. Made up of 3000 interconnected satellite dishes, the
telescope would allow scientists to investigate the very edges of the
universe.
95 bFM -
Prof. Sergei Gulyaev interviewed by Mike Havoc (audio clip)
Sergei is the Director of AUT's Centre for Radiophysics and Space
Research. NZ is involved in a bid with Australia to be part of the
Square Kilometre Array project. It's to be the worlds largest radio
telescope and will be used to search for alien life and dark matter and
cool stuff like that.(11/10/06)
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