Jodrell

"The cosmic stunt marks a small step for man, a giant leap for advertising hype and underlines the desperation of British astronomers to find new sources of funding as they struggle to cope with swingeing cuts that now threaten institutions such as Jodrell Bank, the world famous observatory in Cheshire."

Ah, Those Wacky Brits - NASA Watch 2008

Get bags of it, in suitably surreal style, with the Flaming Lips and British Sea Power headlining beneath the looming Lovell Telescope at Live From Jodrell Bank 1 & 2 Jul, Jodrell Bank, Manchester ...

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The cost of the Saville inquiry into the Bloody Sunday shootings has already reached £181 million, that would have paid for 72 years of Jodrell Bank work.

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A secret of Jodrell Bank Not a sheep 2008

We could halve the budget of the Scottish office, maybe make the staff actually answer 6 letters a day and give the money to Jodrell Bank.

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Here are some other sources of income that could be better used to fund Jodrell Bank:

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The Telegraph reports the interesting snippet of news that: "The giant space telescope at Jodrell Bank was secretly modified to track incoming Soviet nuclear missiles during the Cold War, its creator has disclosed 50 years later."

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The Telegraph reports the interesting snippet of news that: "The giant space telescope at Jodrell Bank was secretly modified to track incoming Soviet nuclear missiles during the Cold War, its creator has disclosed 50 years later."

A secret of Jodrell Bank Not a sheep 2008

Second, if you are so concerned about the prospect of closure of your country's radio telescope at Jodrell Bank, why not spend the money in the UK by mount a PR campaign, and send the message from Jodrell Bank - instead of going up to Svalbard?

Ah, Those Wacky Brits - NASA Watch 2008

The Government are to cease funding Jodrell Bank so as to save the grand sum of £2. 5million a year.

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