The SKA is coming. 1-Million square metres - 10-million square feet - 1 Square Kilometer of radio telescope.
The data that will flow from this machine in a day will equal a year of internet traffic (traffic volumes in 2012 when the 80/20 build of it was was assigned to South Africa and Australia respectively).
Do any folks here know much about it?
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Apparently this is happening and going to be a big deal. If they can connect with the facilities in Peru and New Mexico we would have an inferrometer the size of the planet which would be a real big deal. Looking forward to learning more.
dalefvictor
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Mar 10, 2019
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Indeed. In 2012 the whole project was given South Africa but Australia already had built their side of the precursor and the very wise decision was taken share the project 80/20. This in effect does create an inferrometer half the planet's size. I think the Peru facility can't be steered?
It's a truly staggering project.
I have been hearing stories, but nothing you can’t look up.
Hathacat
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Mar 9, 2019
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I consolidate info about it in this group:
[facebook.com]
Sorry I don't..but thanks for the update..
Charlene
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Mar 9, 2019
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It's truly an extraordinary project.
Two examples:
If the data flowing from the infrastructure was written DVD, the stack would grow at a rate of 1km/minute... ie... 60km/h or 45 miles/hour. The most advanced super computer of today could not cope. They have no idea of how they will move, analyze and store that info. They're relying on Moore's Law to deliver that technology in the next 10 years.
It is a 50 year project and Moore's Law says that the hardware and software will increase in capacity perhaps 20 times over the period... but at different rates so they need to design from the ground up to allow different parts of the system to be replaced while fully operational. They say that it will fundamentally change how future computers are designed.
This is "Big Data" at the extreme. What they will learn and the systems they'll develop can be turned around and used by medicine to look inside the human body in real time down to the chemical level.
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