Smithsonian Large Telescope Unit

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 proposal that the Smithsonian Institution should take the lead in working to bring into being a large new radio-radar antenna," but on May 21, 1971, Smithsonian decided to suspend further activity and planning. This subunit includes correspondence, meeting agendas, meeting minutes, newspaper clippings, notes, and diagrams related to discussion from 10 January 1967 through 8 June 1971 about the project. Primary correspondents are John W. Findlay, John D. Kraus, S. Dillon Ripley, and Fred L. Whipple.

Papers of John Daniel Kraus

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1967

1971

Notes & Papers Series

United States Radio Astronomy Unit

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