The Very Large Array and Messages from Space… A Bike Trek Special
Posted by Vikas Acharya on December 5, 2016Article Source: wandering-through-time-and-place.me
Wandering through Time and Place
The radio telescopes of the Very Large Array are situated on the eastern edge of the Continental Divide, 50 miles west of Socorro, New Mexico. (Photo by Peggy Mekemson.)
Perhaps we’ve never been visited by aliens because they have looked upon Earth and decided there’s no sign of intelligent life. -Neil deGrasse Tyson
July is just around the corner. And that means the Mekemson household will soon be watching Independence Day. Again. Peggy has her favorites. Some movies, like Willow, I swear we have watched 30 times. And I don’t know if I can count how many times August Rush, the movie about the little boy who finds his parents through music, has appeared on our TV screen. Each viewing guarantees Peggy will get out her Martin and strum it.
Peggy snuggles up to a sundial at the VLA, counting down the weeks until she can watch…
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