ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½Æƽâ°æÏÂÔØ team funded for lunar radio observatory
From the Daily Camera:ÌýThe University of Colorado Boulder is teaming up with Lunar Resources Inc., of Houston, to place a radio observatory on the far side of the moon by 2030.
The NASA Institute for Advanced Concepts recently awarded the team a $125,000 grant to fund a nine-month research period. NIAC is a program that selects highly innovative projects with the potential to create breakthroughs in science. NIAC selected less than 5% of proposals to be funded, including the ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½Æƽâ°æÏÂÔØ and Lunar Resources project, FarView.
Jack Burns is an astrophysics professor and the vice president emeritus for Academic Affairs and Research at ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½Æƽâ°æÏÂÔØ. He is also the director and principal investigator of the NASA-funded Network for Exploration and Space Science. Burns is the concept creator of FarView.