Sunday, February 28, 2010

"We Were Young Enough That We Didn’t Know We Couldn’t Do It.”

William E. Gordon was an electrical engineer and radio-astronomer. He conceived of, designed, built and first operated the Arecibo radio telescope and observatory, the largest radio telescope ever built.

He died on February 16th at age 92.

1 comment:

  1. I do ham radio, Here in the local area
    I talk every Monday to one of Dr Gordon's
    crazy young friend that made Aricibo happen.

    You learn amazing things when you get to talk to these people. I have.

    Eck

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