VLA Master Slides
Description
Grote Reber at the VLA, 23 March 1976. Antenna #1 in the background. In 1966 and 1967 Reber had written repeatedly to Everett Hurlburt, NSF Program Director for Radio Astronomy, urging him not to fund "technological dinosaurs" such as NRAO's Largest Feasible Steerable Telescope project and the VLA, saying, "Decades will pass before either could be realized." By the time he visited the VLA, Reber had changed his opinion enough to write on 4 May 1976 to Jack Lancaster, VLA Project Manager, "The day at VLA was enlightening. I know a lot of difficult ground work has gone into getting the project this far. From now on the plant will show rapid development. Someday I will come and make observations with this radio telescope to end all radio telescopes."
Creator
Records of the NRAO
Type
Still Image
Original Format of Digital Item
Slide
People
Location
Start Date
1976-03-23
Photo Credit
NRAO/AUI/NSF
Notes
VLA_325
Series
Photographs Series
Unit
VLA Unit
Subunit
VLA Master Slides Subunit
Citation
Records of the NRAO, “VLA Master Slides,” NRAO/AUI Archives, accessed August 17, 2024, https://www.nrao.edu/archives/items/show/28911.