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"We'd have most of what we predicted of the conquest of space, if we hadn't ignored parasite control."
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You really cannot hitchhike (in the interstellar sense) without one of these. It's kind of like having your thumb out on an on-ramp by the interstate highway.
Note also that Ford Prefect, a hitchhiker par excellence, was of course in possession of his towel.
Jodrell Bank is a wonderful place; they also have a very nice website - see Jodrell Bank Live!, which shows the current state of all of their major instruments.
You're wondering whether or not England makes a good place for observing the stars? You might prefer a nice desert mountaintop? You see, they do radio astronomy there; the 218ft parabolic reflecting aerial built in 1947 was the largest radio telescope in the world of its time. Among the great discoveries made with this instrument was the detection of radio noise from the Great Nebula in Andromeda. This was the first known extragalactic radio source. And they've been making discoveries ever since.
So, it is perfectly reasonable that they should be the first to (not) realize that Earth was about to be destroyed by space aliens. Comment/Join this discussion ( 0 ) | RSS/XML | Blog This | Additional
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