National Radio Astronomy Observatory - Green Bank, WV

[AntiCitizenX]

I love the GBT. Fantastic telescope.

[Letsgoherd3008]

you REALLY need to remove this vid, if the gov finds it you in deep do do!!!!!!

[truemartian]

lol I've operated the 40ft antenna before to look at radio emission from a black hole.... I guess I'm part of "the conspiracy"....

[Letsgoherd3008]

NOOOOO THEVE BRAINWASHED YOU AND YOU ARE A REMOTE CONTROLL THINGY MIJJEGER!!!!!! jk! we have a cabin in northfork its a 5min drive from there. we use it during the ski season

[truemartian]

lol Hey thats really awesome! My dad used to talk so much how he wanted a cabin at Dolly Sods on up north. Have the Green Bank "radio patrol" been around to "fix" your microwave yet?

[Letsgoherd3008]

hahah cool i hike in dolly sods often. my dad hiked in dolly sods in part with his 6 months of training for mt raineer. i luv it there 2 especially the thought of those ww2 bombs

[truemartian]

Oh its great up there! We used to go picking blueberries every august with my dad and grandfather. Its a wonder we never found any of those old shells! I so want to take my GPS up there and just go off in a random direction.

[Letsgoherd3008]

yah me 2 it would be so nice to end up in some random town!!!

[Lucas6194]

Haha, it's funny watching this after being there a few weeks ago.

[Leon61491]

uMM IF THIS person who took this video...uhh yall did a BIG NO NO!!!!!! NO ELECTRONICAL Devices in past the fence. they tell u that over and over again....

[truemartian]

This video was taken before the ban on all electronic devices was instituted.

[MOUNTAINOUS]

my brother went there to work on this telescope and do research with nasa scientists. cool

[elmofir]

i work for nrao, so does my father and uncle, at the charlottesville HQ, last month some coworkers and myself went to greenbank to take a tour and they let us walk on the dish, once in a life time oprotunity, it was amazing.

[truemartian]

Thats awesome. I knew a guy who got to go up in the reciever box/room. He is a school teacher who did summers there. Me... well hey I got to use the 40ft! lol

[ClintJeffrey]

You need to have some lessons in Camera work and taking Videos;p)...apart from that I hope one day to tour these amazing installations, I just hope the Arecibo Telescope is still standing by the time I get to it.

Clint - VK3CSJ

Melbourne.

[Ultraciuk]

Anyone know what's happened at greenbank astronomy observatory in 15 november 1988 please?

[truemartian]

The failure of a gusset plate caused the 300ft radio dish to collapse. Information about the telescope and its collapse can be found on the NRAO Greenbank web site.

[neuronomics]

It was smashed because they saw life on Mars

[Submarinepilot]

Yeah, I stayed there for two weeks with Governor's School. We got to use the GBT for an hour. We also got to go up right under the dish. It was amazing.

[lauraleigh76]

My family has property near there. You can't even have cell phones there because of this place. It's a beard. They listen to wierd stuff in space and it's all top secret. Strange to me. Watch the History Channel on it.

[WarrenScott]

Wish I can Go...love it.....is the Grote Rebers Design on the beginning of the movie?

[ignatiusdemonseed]

the GBT is indeed an amazing machine. i've been to green bank many times over the years... it never loses my interest.

[JaalaJ]

Cool footage. Were you on a tour or something? I wish I had the opportunity to go and check out places like that, I'd have so much fun.

:)

[truemartian]

Yes this was a tour that I have taken many times. I am now a member of the Society of Amateur Radio Astronomers and as such was able to use the 40 ft education scope. Green Bank is about a 5 hour drive from my area.