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Goodbye, Green Bank Telescope
February 1, 2013, The Charleston Express
Amanda Gibson, a student at Pocahontas County High School writes that the Green Bank Telescope is an essential part of Pocahontas County, a national landmark and a major research center with contacts around the world. Shutting it down would deplete the world of a scientific treasure and would be a devastating loss for the county.
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Rockefeller and Rahall talk with NSF Director
October 2, 2012, Senator Jay Rockefeller
Senator Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.) and Rep. Nick Rahall (D-W.Va) today spoke with the head of the National Science Foundation (NSF) to stress just how crucial the Green Bank Observatory is to research and innovation around the world while underscoring its importance to West Virginia and the local economy.
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Astronomy Portfolio Review Recommends Defunding US's Biggest Telescope
September 28, 2012, Slashdot.org
The eleven-year-old GBT stands as one of the crowning achievements of American big science. But with the National Science Foundation strapped for cash like most other science-minded government agencies, the NRAO's funding is threatened. Researchers, along with locals and West Virginia congressmen, are fighting the decision which puts the nearly $100 million telescope at risk. Unless they succeed, America's giant dish will go silent.
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Green Bank Observatory gets support
September 24, 2012, The Inter-Mountain
Officials are fighting to keep the Green Bank facility open. U.S. Sens. Jay Rockefeller and Joe Manchin, along with Congressman Nick Rahall, all D-W.Va., said they are taking new steps to keep open the National.
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WV congressional delegation fights to save Green Bank telescope
September 21, 2012, The State Journal
Three members of West Virginia's congressional delegation have taken steps to keep open the National Radio Astronomy Observatory in Green Bank. Senator Rockefeller stated that the Observatory plays two major roles, the first for the community and the second for the scientific community worldwide. Rockefeller said in a statement….I know the valuable contribution the facility has made to scientific discovery. It serves as a global hub for math and science education, which is vital to American competitiveness in the classroom and around the world."
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Website aims to help save Green Bank telescope
September 6, 2012, The State Journal
Astronomy buffs and others concerned by the possible closure of the Green Bank telescope can now sign a petition to help save the landmark. The website provides information and links to information and links to information about the Green Bank facility, its mission, history and accomplishments, as well as what interested parties can do to help preserve funding.
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A Changing Landscape for U.S. Astronomy
August 22, 2012, Sky & Telescope
The just-released report by a National Science Foundation task force signals a seismic shift in how — and where — U.S. astronomers will conduct their observations in the coming years.
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US Telescopes faced with Closure
August 22, 2012, Physics World
A committee of the National Science Foundation (NSF) has recommended closing six major astronomy facilities in favour of building and supporting new telescopes. This came as a huge surprise to many astronomers, who are not satisfied with the committee's recommendations.
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Save the Last Great Telescope
September 27, 2012, Motherboard TV
Motherboard TV traveled to Green Bank, West Virginia to investigate one of the last remaining vestiges of single dish big science and the people who are fighting for it. On August 16, 2012, a Committee appointed by the National Science Foundation (NSF) recommended that the Green Bank Telescope be fully divested from its inventory by 2017.
To find out how to help go to: Save the GBT
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Rockefeller, Manchin & Rahall Commtted to Green Bank Observatory
, Senator Jay Rockefeller
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Senators Jay Rockefeller and Joe Manchin, along with Congressman Nick Rahall, today pledged their commitment to the continued operations of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory in Green Bank, despite an independent Astronomy Portfolio Review Committee recommending National Science Foundation disinvestment in Green Bank and five other telescopes across the country over the next five years.
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Is Green Bank telescope in danger of losing funding?
, The State Journal
In this piece from West Virginia's State Journal, Whitney Burdette provides detail on the NSF recommendation concerning the Greenbank Telescope through several quotations from relevant parties.
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US telescopes face up to agency cuts
, Nature.com
On 16 August, a panel of external scientists — charged with balancing the NSF astronomy division's facilities portfolio in the face of a tougher budget climate — released its report at a meeting at the agency's headquarters in Arlington, Virginia. Its recommendations amount to a dramatic divestment of assets, including six NSF observatories, by 2017.
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Science panel recommends ending funding for W.Va.'s Green Bank telescope within 5 years
, Associated Press
The director of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory at Green Bank says a recommendation to de-fund the operation within five years would be a serious blow to the world's astronomers.
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Astronomy panel puts six ageing observatories on the block
, Nature.com
In this short blog post, Nature's Eric Hand relates the facts and discusses some of the financial motivations behind the NSF's recommendations.
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Byrd Green Bank Telescope eyed for 'divestment'
, The Charleston Gazette
A National Science Foundation budget committee is recommending that funding be dropped for the $95 million Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope, which became fully operational just 10 years ago.
