Paul Allen invests in SETI telescope project
Posted: Mon, Mar 22, 2004, 7:57 PM ET (0057 GMT)
Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen has donated an additional $13.5 million to an effort to build an array of radio telescopes to look for signals from extraterrestrial civilizations. Allen gave the SETI Institute a $13.5 million "challenge grant" through his foundation; the money is contingent on the institute and its partner, the University of California Berkeley, raising an additional $16 million. The money would be used to build out the Allen Telescope Array (ATA), a network of 6.1-meter radio telescopes located in northern California. An initial array of 32 such dishes is scheduled to be in place by the end of the year, while a second phase of 206 dishes would be supported by Allen's grant and the additional fundraising. Eventually the ATA will have 350 dishes to be used for both SETI projects and traditional astronomy. Allen funded the initial development of the project with a $11.5 million grant in 2000; the institute named the telescope array after him at that time.
Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen has donated an additional $13.5 million to an effort to build an array of radio telescopes to look for signals from extraterrestrial civilizations. Allen gave the SETI Institute a $13.5 million "challenge grant" through his foundation; the money is contingent on the institute and its partner, the University of California Berkeley, raising an additional $16 million. The money would be used to build out the Allen Telescope Array (ATA), a network of 6.1-meter radio telescopes located in northern California. An initial array of 32 such dishes is scheduled to be in place by the end of the year, while a second phase of 206 dishes would be supported by Allen's grant and the additional fundraising. Eventually the ATA will have 350 dishes to be used for both SETI projects and traditional astronomy. Allen funded the initial development of the project with a $11.5 million grant in 2000; the institute named the telescope array after him at that time.
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