Jodrell Bank cuts a disappointing gamble, says Sky at Night host
The government has pulled £2.8m from the Cheshire site - home to the third-largest steerable telescope in the world - putting 28 jobs at risk. Image source, ReutersImage caption, The Lovell Telescope is the world's third-largest steerable radio telescopeThe observatory site, chosen by radio astronomy pioneer Sir Bernard Lovell as research base for the University of Manchester in the 1940s, is a Unesco World Heritage Site. "What's really disappointing is that it takes decades to set up this kind of infrastructure," Dransfield said, adding scientists would leave the country to work elsewhere without this kind of cutting-edge technology.
- ▪The government has pulled £2.8m from the Cheshire site - home to the third-largest steerable telescope in the world - putting 28 jobs at risk.
- ▪Image source, ReutersImage caption, The Lovell Telescope is the world's third-largest steerable radio telescopeThe observatory site, chosen by radio astronomy pioneer Sir Bernard Lovell as research base for the University of Manchester in t
- ▪"What's really disappointing is that it takes decades to set up this kind of infrastructure," Dransfield said, adding scientists would leave the country to work elsewhere without this kind of cutting-edge technology.
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Jodrell Bank cuts a disappointing gamble, says Sky at Night hostImage caption, Dr George Dransfield says the funding cut is 'short-sighted' ByEwan Gawne and Kaleigh Watterson, North WestPublishedJust nowFunding cuts to Jodrell Bank Observatory are "a gamble on the future of UK science and scientific research", a BBC Sky at Night presenter has said. The government has pulled £2.8m from the Cheshire site - home to the third-largest steerable telescope in the world - putting 28 jobs at risk.
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