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Jun 23, 2009 - Week Three - water, water everywhere
Took a wrong turn Monday morning, and couldn't u-turn easily, and so continued on a winding road in West Virginia and happened upon the National Radio Observatory, home to the Green Bank Telescope. This thing is over 300' diameter, and listens to signals from outer space. Jodie Foster was handing out coupons to "Contact". Remember? There are 4 of these observatories around the u.s., listening, listening, listening...very strange. We were trying to hook up with Nick,Miriam and the baby, but were in a 13,000 sq mile "no radio" zone. I thought...
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