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Or Did It? -- Bibliography -- References -- Further Reading -- Chapter 3: A New Era in Radio Astronomy -- 3.1 The Business of Science -- 3.2 First Steps Toward a National Radio Astronomy Facility20 -- 3.3 Creating the National Observatory -- 3.4 Choosing the Site -- 3.5 Confrontation and Decision -- Bibliography -- References -- Further Reading -- Chapter 4: Growing Pains -- 4.1 Finding a Director -- 4.2 Getting Started -- 4.3 The 85 Foot Tatel Radio Telescope (aka 85-1) -- 4.4 The 140 Foot Saga30 -- 4.5 The 300 Foot Transit Radio Telescope -- 4.6 Jumping Ship -- 4.7 Exodus from Green Bank -- Bibliography -- References -- Further Reading -- Chapter 5: Is Anyone Out There? -- 5.1 Project Ozma -- 5.2 Cocconi and Morrison Paper -- 5.3 Reactions to Searching for Extraterrestrials -- 5.4 Development of the SETI Community -- 5.5 SETI After Project Ozma -- 5.6 SETI in the USSR -- 5.7 Continuing SETI Programs -- Bibliography -- References -- Further Reading -- Chapter 6: The Bar Is Open -- 6.1 NRAO Reaches Maturity -- 6.2 First Scientific Studies -- 6.3 The Central Development Laboratory -- 6.4 Open Skies. 6.5 Community Interactions -- 6.6 Growing Competition -- 6.7 Grote Reber Challenges NRAO32 -- 6.8 Changing Leadership -- Bibliography -- References -- Further Reading -- Chapter 7: The Very Large Array -- 7.1 Background -- 7.2 Origins of the Very Large Array and the Owens Valley Array -- 7.3 The Green Bank Interferometer (GBI) -- 7.4 The NRAO-OVRO Wars -- 7.5 Choosing the VLA Site -- 7.6 Building the VLA -- 7.7 Transition to Operations -- 7.8 The Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (JVLA) -- Bibliography -- References -- Further Reading -- Chapter 8: VLBI and the Very Long Baseline Array -- 8.1 Independent-Oscillator-Tape-Recording Interferometry1 -- 8.2 Penetrating the Iron Curtain -- 8.3 Faster than Light -- 8.4 Advanced VLBI Systems -- 8.5 VLBI Networks -- 8.6 Planning the VLBA -- 8.7 Funding the VLBA -- 8.8 Building the VLBA -- 8.9 Orbiting VLBI (OVLBI) -- 8.10 Reflections -- Bibliography -- References -- Further Reading -- Chapter 9: The Largest Feasible Steerable Telescope -- 9.1 Early Discussions -- 9.2 International Challenges -- 9.3 The Sugar Grove Fiasco -- 9.4 The Largest Feasible Steerable Telescope Project -- 9.5 Challenges from California and Cambridge -- 9.6 A National Disaster Leads to a New Radio Telescope -- 9.7 Building the Green Bank Telescope (GBT) -- Bibliography -- References -- Further Reading -- Chapter 10: Exploring the Millimeter Sky -- 10.1 First Attempts -- 10.2 The NRAO 36 Foot Millimeter Wave Telescope -- 10.3 Replacing the 36 Foot Telescope -- 10.4 US Industrial and University Millimeter Wave Astronomy Programs -- 10.5 International Challenges -- 10.6 The NRAO Millimeter Array (MMA) -- 10.7 The Atacama Large Millimeter/Submillimeter Array (ALMA) -- Bibliography -- References -- Further Reading -- Chapter 11: NRAO and Radio Astronomy in the Twenty-First Century -- 11.1 New Discoveries and New Problems. 11.2 Radio Astronomy and Optical Astronomy -- 11.3 NRAO and the US Radio Astronomy Community -- 11.4 Conflict and Collaboration -- 11.5 The National Radio Quiet Zone and Radio Frequency Spectrum Management6 -- 11.6 The Transition to "Big Science" -- 11.7 The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) -- 11.8 The Next Generation VLA (ngVLA) -- 11.9 Divestment -- 11.10 Lessons Learned -- Bibliography -- References -- Further Reading -- Correction to: Open Skies: The National Radio Astronomy Observatory and Its Impact on US Radio Astronomy -- Correction to: K. 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Kellermann, Kenneth I. Open Skies : The National Radio Astronomy Observatory and Its Impact on US Radio Astronomy. Historical and Cultural Astronomy Series Intro -- Foreword -- Preface -- Contents -- Chapter 1: A New Window on the Universe -- 1.1 Star Noise at the Telephone Company1 -- 1.2 Early Follow-Up to Jansky's Discovery -- 1.3 Grote Reber and Cosmic Static53 -- 1.4 Impact of Karl Jansky and Grote Reber -- Bibliography -- References -- Further Reading -- Chapter 2: The Postwar Explosion in Radio Astronomy: The US Falls Behind -- 2.1 Postwar Radio Astronomy -- 2.2 Radio Waves from the Sun3 -- 2.3 Radio Stars and Radio Galaxies -- 2.4 The 21 cm Hydrogen Line: The Beginning of Radio Spectroscopy -- 2.5 Early US University Radio Astronomy Programs -- 2.6 US Government and Military Radio Astronomy Programs -- 2.7 Private Initiatives -- 2.8 Why Did the US Fall Behind the UK and Australia? Or Did It? -- Bibliography -- References -- Further Reading -- Chapter 3: A New Era in Radio Astronomy -- 3.1 The Business of Science -- 3.2 First Steps Toward a National Radio Astronomy Facility20 -- 3.3 Creating the National Observatory -- 3.4 Choosing the Site -- 3.5 Confrontation and Decision -- Bibliography -- References -- Further Reading -- Chapter 4: Growing Pains -- 4.1 Finding a Director -- 4.2 Getting Started -- 4.3 The 85 Foot Tatel Radio Telescope (aka 85-1) -- 4.4 The 140 Foot Saga30 -- 4.5 The 300 Foot Transit Radio Telescope -- 4.6 Jumping Ship -- 4.7 Exodus from Green Bank -- Bibliography -- References -- Further Reading -- Chapter 5: Is Anyone Out There? -- 5.1 Project Ozma -- 5.2 Cocconi and Morrison Paper -- 5.3 Reactions to Searching for Extraterrestrials -- 5.4 Development of the SETI Community -- 5.5 SETI After Project Ozma -- 5.6 SETI in the USSR -- 5.7 Continuing SETI Programs -- Bibliography -- References -- Further Reading -- Chapter 6: The Bar Is Open -- 6.1 NRAO Reaches Maturity -- 6.2 First Scientific Studies -- 6.3 The Central Development Laboratory -- 6.4 Open Skies. 6.5 Community Interactions -- 6.6 Growing Competition -- 6.7 Grote Reber Challenges NRAO32 -- 6.8 Changing Leadership -- Bibliography -- References -- Further Reading -- Chapter 7: The Very Large Array -- 7.1 Background -- 7.2 Origins of the Very Large Array and the Owens Valley Array -- 7.3 The Green Bank Interferometer (GBI) -- 7.4 The NRAO-OVRO Wars -- 7.5 Choosing the VLA Site -- 7.6 Building the VLA -- 7.7 Transition to Operations -- 7.8 The Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (JVLA) -- Bibliography -- References -- Further Reading -- Chapter 8: VLBI and the Very Long Baseline Array -- 8.1 Independent-Oscillator-Tape-Recording Interferometry1 -- 8.2 Penetrating the Iron Curtain -- 8.3 Faster than Light -- 8.4 Advanced VLBI Systems -- 8.5 VLBI Networks -- 8.6 Planning the VLBA -- 8.7 Funding the VLBA -- 8.8 Building the VLBA -- 8.9 Orbiting VLBI (OVLBI) -- 8.10 Reflections -- Bibliography -- References -- Further Reading -- Chapter 9: The Largest Feasible Steerable Telescope -- 9.1 Early Discussions -- 9.2 International Challenges -- 9.3 The Sugar Grove Fiasco -- 9.4 The Largest Feasible Steerable Telescope Project -- 9.5 Challenges from California and Cambridge -- 9.6 A National Disaster Leads to a New Radio Telescope -- 9.7 Building the Green Bank Telescope (GBT) -- Bibliography -- References -- Further Reading -- Chapter 10: Exploring the Millimeter Sky -- 10.1 First Attempts -- 10.2 The NRAO 36 Foot Millimeter Wave Telescope -- 10.3 Replacing the 36 Foot Telescope -- 10.4 US Industrial and University Millimeter Wave Astronomy Programs -- 10.5 International Challenges -- 10.6 The NRAO Millimeter Array (MMA) -- 10.7 The Atacama Large Millimeter/Submillimeter Array (ALMA) -- Bibliography -- References -- Further Reading -- Chapter 11: NRAO and Radio Astronomy in the Twenty-First Century -- 11.1 New Discoveries and New Problems. 11.2 Radio Astronomy and Optical Astronomy -- 11.3 NRAO and the US Radio Astronomy Community -- 11.4 Conflict and Collaboration -- 11.5 The National Radio Quiet Zone and Radio Frequency Spectrum Management6 -- 11.6 The Transition to "Big Science" -- 11.7 The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) -- 11.8 The Next Generation VLA (ngVLA) -- 11.9 Divestment -- 11.10 Lessons Learned -- Bibliography -- References -- Further Reading -- Correction to: Open Skies: The National Radio Astronomy Observatory and Its Impact on US Radio Astronomy -- Correction to: K. I. Kellermann et al., Open Skies, Historical & -- Cultural Astronomy, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-32345-5 -- Appendix A -- Abbreviations and Acronyms Used in the Text -- Citation Abbreviations for NRAO/AUI Archives Materials -- Citation Abbreviations for Other Archival Materials -- Appendix B -- NRAO Timeline -- Index. |
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Intro -- Foreword -- Preface -- Contents -- Chapter 1: A New Window on the Universe -- 1.1 Star Noise at the Telephone Company1 -- 1.2 Early Follow-Up to Jansky's Discovery -- 1.3 Grote Reber and Cosmic Static53 -- 1.4 Impact of Karl Jansky and Grote Reber -- Bibliography -- References -- Further Reading -- Chapter 2: The Postwar Explosion in Radio Astronomy: The US Falls Behind -- 2.1 Postwar Radio Astronomy -- 2.2 Radio Waves from the Sun3 -- 2.3 Radio Stars and Radio Galaxies -- 2.4 The 21 cm Hydrogen Line: The Beginning of Radio Spectroscopy -- 2.5 Early US University Radio Astronomy Programs -- 2.6 US Government and Military Radio Astronomy Programs -- 2.7 Private Initiatives -- 2.8 Why Did the US Fall Behind the UK and Australia? Or Did It? -- Bibliography -- References -- Further Reading -- Chapter 3: A New Era in Radio Astronomy -- 3.1 The Business of Science -- 3.2 First Steps Toward a National Radio Astronomy Facility20 -- 3.3 Creating the National Observatory -- 3.4 Choosing the Site -- 3.5 Confrontation and Decision -- Bibliography -- References -- Further Reading -- Chapter 4: Growing Pains -- 4.1 Finding a Director -- 4.2 Getting Started -- 4.3 The 85 Foot Tatel Radio Telescope (aka 85-1) -- 4.4 The 140 Foot Saga30 -- 4.5 The 300 Foot Transit Radio Telescope -- 4.6 Jumping Ship -- 4.7 Exodus from Green Bank -- Bibliography -- References -- Further Reading -- Chapter 5: Is Anyone Out There? -- 5.1 Project Ozma -- 5.2 Cocconi and Morrison Paper -- 5.3 Reactions to Searching for Extraterrestrials -- 5.4 Development of the SETI Community -- 5.5 SETI After Project Ozma -- 5.6 SETI in the USSR -- 5.7 Continuing SETI Programs -- Bibliography -- References -- Further Reading -- Chapter 6: The Bar Is Open -- 6.1 NRAO Reaches Maturity -- 6.2 First Scientific Studies -- 6.3 The Central Development Laboratory -- 6.4 Open Skies. 6.5 Community Interactions -- 6.6 Growing Competition -- 6.7 Grote Reber Challenges NRAO32 -- 6.8 Changing Leadership -- Bibliography -- References -- Further Reading -- Chapter 7: The Very Large Array -- 7.1 Background -- 7.2 Origins of the Very Large Array and the Owens Valley Array -- 7.3 The Green Bank Interferometer (GBI) -- 7.4 The NRAO-OVRO Wars -- 7.5 Choosing the VLA Site -- 7.6 Building the VLA -- 7.7 Transition to Operations -- 7.8 The Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (JVLA) -- Bibliography -- References -- Further Reading -- Chapter 8: VLBI and the Very Long Baseline Array -- 8.1 Independent-Oscillator-Tape-Recording Interferometry1 -- 8.2 Penetrating the Iron Curtain -- 8.3 Faster than Light -- 8.4 Advanced VLBI Systems -- 8.5 VLBI Networks -- 8.6 Planning the VLBA -- 8.7 Funding the VLBA -- 8.8 Building the VLBA -- 8.9 Orbiting VLBI (OVLBI) -- 8.10 Reflections -- Bibliography -- References -- Further Reading -- Chapter 9: The Largest Feasible Steerable Telescope -- 9.1 Early Discussions -- 9.2 International Challenges -- 9.3 The Sugar Grove Fiasco -- 9.4 The Largest Feasible Steerable Telescope Project -- 9.5 Challenges from California and Cambridge -- 9.6 A National Disaster Leads to a New Radio Telescope -- 9.7 Building the Green Bank Telescope (GBT) -- Bibliography -- References -- Further Reading -- Chapter 10: Exploring the Millimeter Sky -- 10.1 First Attempts -- 10.2 The NRAO 36 Foot Millimeter Wave Telescope -- 10.3 Replacing the 36 Foot Telescope -- 10.4 US Industrial and University Millimeter Wave Astronomy Programs -- 10.5 International Challenges -- 10.6 The NRAO Millimeter Array (MMA) -- 10.7 The Atacama Large Millimeter/Submillimeter Array (ALMA) -- Bibliography -- References -- Further Reading -- Chapter 11: NRAO and Radio Astronomy in the Twenty-First Century -- 11.1 New Discoveries and New Problems. 11.2 Radio Astronomy and Optical Astronomy -- 11.3 NRAO and the US Radio Astronomy Community -- 11.4 Conflict and Collaboration -- 11.5 The National Radio Quiet Zone and Radio Frequency Spectrum Management6 -- 11.6 The Transition to "Big Science" -- 11.7 The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) -- 11.8 The Next Generation VLA (ngVLA) -- 11.9 Divestment -- 11.10 Lessons Learned -- Bibliography -- References -- Further Reading -- Correction to: Open Skies: The National Radio Astronomy Observatory and Its Impact on US Radio Astronomy -- Correction to: K. I. Kellermann et al., Open Skies, Historical & -- Cultural Astronomy, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-32345-5 -- Appendix A -- Abbreviations and Acronyms Used in the Text -- Citation Abbreviations for NRAO/AUI Archives Materials -- Citation Abbreviations for Other Archival Materials -- Appendix B -- NRAO Timeline -- Index. |
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