----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Lash" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "John F. McGowan, Ph.D." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, September 18, 2004 10:15 AM Subject: Fw: Stanford Agrees to Dish Rescue... with Your Help / Dollar-for-dollar matching grant
> Hi John - > > If you could forward the message below this weekend to members of the Mars Society and any individuals you think may be interested in helping rescue the five 60 foot dishes, I would greatly appreciate it! > > Thanks! > > Best wishes, > > Bob > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Bob Lash > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, September 18, 2004 12:46 AM > Subject: Stanford Agrees to Dish Rescue... with Your Help / Dollar-for-dollar matching grant > > > Hi all - > > Great news!! Today a Stanford Professor, who learned of our rescue effort dilemma, stepped forward with an academic research proposal to use at least one of the five 60 foot dishes! The Dean's office found it acceptable, which *greatly* reduces our risk in moving forward with our restoration plan. > > More great news!! Today a generous donor came forward to offer a dollar-for-dollar matching grant to provide up to $10,000 of the required $20,000 ! > > **************************************************************************** ************* > *** We need $10,000 in pledges over this weekend to make this plan work.*** > **************************************************************************** ************* > > *** To pledge, please email me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > My wife and I will make a substantial contribution. Contributions are tax deductible as a charitable contribution to a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization. > > > Here are the details: > ----------------------------- > > Our restoration and use of the site (which can be wide ranging in scope) also needed to support a Stanford academic research project involving one or more of the dishes. > > Today, the director of Stanford's STAR Lab program > (http://www-star.stanford.edu/researchareas.html), Professor Inan, who heard about our rescue effort, stepped forward with a proposal to upgrade a dish mount to allow X-band micro-satellite tracking. He feels his use of the site will dovetail nicely with our amateur radio astronomy activities. > > Stanford has developed low power micro-satellite communications systems that will be flying in 2006, where large dish receivers will be needed for high-data rate telemetry. > > STAR Lab faculty are involved in programs including NASA's Voyager, Magellan, and Galileo missions, as well as satellite communications and teaching radioscience to students. > > The $20,000 in contributions will be made to Stanford's STAR Lab program, as an outright (and tax deductible) gift. > > STAR Lab will place $20,000 (as required by the Dean) into a reserved account to cover the cost of demolishing the dishes at a future date, should it be required. However, with STAR Lab actively using the site rather than just SARA alone, it now becomes quite unlikely that the University would find the use unacceptable by June 30th, 2005 and demolish the dishes. Should demolition not happen, STAR Lab would be free to use the funds for other educational purposes. > > For more details about our restoration effort (including dish photos, proposed plan, and budget) please see: > http://www.bambi.net/stanford_dishes/rescue.html > > Your contribution will help make it possible to fulfill our goal of opening up the world of radio astronomy to the public, as well as supporting SARA member projects. > > > Best wishes, > > > Bob Lash > Past Director and Western Regional Coordinator, SARA > Maintainer of the SARA Discussion List > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Home: (650) 365-5671 > Mobile: (650) 888-2372 > _______________________________________________ ERPS-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.erps.org/mailman/listinfo/erps-list
