Papers of John Daniel Kraus > Notes & Papers Series > United States Radio Astronomy Unit

Description: On January 28, 1969, a bill was introduced to Congress authorizing the Smithsonian Institution to acquire lands and to design a radio-radar astronomical telescope. A committee was formed that met to discuss, research, plan, and recommend on "the…

Description: The subunit includes correspondence, reports, reprints, notes, diagrams, and meeting minutes, from 12 October 1964 through 28 April 1965, about theory and design work at National Radio Astronomy Observatory for a Largest Feasible Steerable Paraboloid…