http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/29/AR2005052900966.html
"Astronomer Michael M. Davis checked his computer. One of the antennas on the state-of-the-art radio telescope being built in the valley outside his office was picking up an unusual pulse from beyond the Earth. A signal from another intelligent civilization? Not today. It was the Rosetta Satellite, en route to study a comet."

"The Allen Telescope Array, named after its most generous donor, Paul Allen, will be made up of 350 or more small silver aluminum dishes that will be spread out over 90 acres in a randomized pattern."
"Many of the components used in the new telescope are basic off-the-shelf parts, making it significantly cheaper and easier to build than its counterparts."

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