Square Kilometre Array Observatory has a council now, so building super-sensitive €1.3bn telescope is next on agenda

The long-awaited Square Kilometre Array Observatory (SKAO) has continued its march to reality with the launch of an intergovernmental organisation dedicated to radio astronomy. The SKAO Council is composed of the observatory's member states and other countries wishing to sign up to the project. The first meeting last week was …

[Yet Another Anonymous coward]

the first meeting of the observatory's council is cause for some celebration.

Especially if it goes viral on Faceboook

[Anonymous Coward]

Re: the first meeting of the observatory's council is cause for some celebration.

I guess that depends whether they have the correct authority and can read and understand the standing orders.

[Anonymous Coward]

mega-constellation interference

Perhaps they should turn the receiving antennae into transmitters, creating a square kilometer phased-array band-5b destructo-ray, and solve the interference issues themselves :-)

[Anonymous Coward]

Re: mega-constellation interference

Had the same thought! Frying those endless clouds darkening the skies would earn them the gratitude of observatories worldwide...

[Danny 2]

the determination of billionaires to spray the sky with satellites

As a child I read all sorts of ridiculous space-opera dystopias with cartoonish mega-rich villains. It wasn't serious science-fiction because it wasn't realistic, would never happen. The Musk/Bezos Martian war is just a matter of time.

[RM Myers]

Square Kilometre Array Observatory

Exciting stuff! The potential resolution on a telescope array of this size could lead to some amazing finds. Here's hoping everything goes well.

[Schultz]

Amazing technology...

building a radio-wave eye the size of a continent.

[very angry man]

the quickest way to kill a project is to form a committee!

So what is forming a council going to do , Nuke it and surrounding area?