DocM Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 The STARGATE system will be built just SSW of SpaceX's Mars Crossing* development East of Brownsville Texas. Besides research they will work hand in glove with SpaceX to track their missions. I love that their emblem hints at SG-1 :) *(2 Mission Control Centers, 2 spacecraft servicing centers, hangars, shops, solar farm, propellant and diesel storage etc.) http://www.valleymorningstar.com/news/local_news/article_0eeda6a0-46ae-11e4-aed7-001a4bcf6878.html > $9 million was pitched to advance STARGATE, including $4.4 million from the state, $4.6 million from the University of Texas System, and $500,000 from GBIC (Greater Brownsville Incentives Corp). STARGATE, which would be the first research center for the new University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, will be a cooperative effort to develop and support phased-array technology for satellite and space vehicle communication. > http://www.utb.edu/stargate/Pages/default.aspx Spacecraft Tracking and Astronomical Research into Giga-hertz Astrophysical Transient Emission (STARGATE) complex is a public-private partnership between the Center for Advanced Radio Astronomy at UTB and SpaceX.?? STARGATE is a space exploration based technology park that combines higher education, research, economic development, and commercialization. It will be located adjacent to the SpaceX launch site command center, space craft assembly facility, and spacecraft tracking hardware. STARGATE resources will give students and faculty unprecedented opportunities for near and deep space exploration research and technology development.?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FloatingFatMan Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 "Spacecraft Tracking and Astronomical Research into Giga-hertz Astrophysical Transient Emission " I wonder how long they brainstormed what to call it just so they could get a cool acronym... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacer Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 Sounds cool. Anything Stargate related is thumbs-up for me. (Y) "Spacecraft Tracking and Astronomical Research into Giga-hertz Astrophysical Transient Emission " I wonder how long they brainstormed what to call it just so they could get a cool acronym... That's what I was thinking! :rofl: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocM Posted September 29, 2014 Author Share Posted September 29, 2014 Me too, but hey - it's their center and they can name it as they please. What's going to be interesting is seeing the fleshed out plans. The Mars Crossing development alone is huge, 100+ acres and counting and that doesn't include the launch site or safety zones. STARGATE's buildings won't be as extensive as SpaceX's, but the antenna arrays should cover a lot of ground. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris123NT Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 Did anyone else see the thread title and hope it was an alien device in which you could step through a wormhole and instantly travel to other planets? :rofl: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NinjaGinger Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 I was hoping it was a new telly program hohum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torolol Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 how different is this 'Astrophysical' compared to known science-based Physics? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FloatingFatMan Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 how different is this 'Astrophysical' compared to known science-based Physics? It's a branch of astronomy that deals with the physics of the universe, especially with "the nature of the heavenly bodies, rather than their positions or motions in space." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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