The Supplemental Appropriation Bill, 1959: National Radio Astronomy Facility, National Science Foundation. Additional Hearings Before Subcommittees of the Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives, Eighty-fifth Congress, Second Session

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Page 9 - States and foreign countries; (6) to evaluate scientific research programs undertaken by agencies of the Federal Government, and to correlate the Foundation's scientific research programs with those undertaken by individuals and by public and private research groups...
Page 4 - At a recent conference on radio astronomy sponsored by the National Science Foundation, the Carnegie Institution of Washington, and the California Institute of Technology, JD Kraus reported that the positions of about a dozen radio "stars" have been confirmed with the new radio telescope at Ohio State University.
Page 14 - The project, which is scheduled to begin after mid-August, will culminate 11 years of intensive research in the field of radio astronomy by the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, DC The 1,500-acre facility will be the site of a giant radio telescope used iu receiving electronic emissions from outer space, and will contribute greatly to basic knowledge of the complex physical processes that occur in outer space. NRRO will be one of the foremost scientific tools available, not only in studies...
Page 13 - Observatory, is planned for construction in the mountains of West Virginia near Sugar Grove, the Navy announced today. The project, which is scheduled to begin after mid-August, will culminate 11 years of intensive research in the field of radio astronomy by the Naval Research Laboratory...
Page 2 - Chairman, following which, if it is agreeable to the committee, I would like to ask Captain Metsger, Deputy Chief of Naval Research, to speak to the Navy program and answer questions there.

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