We took a field trip today to Goldstone, the home of the telescope(s) that GAVRT uses. Goldstone was a gold mining town in the 1800's. Burros hauled the water, goods, and were the transportation for the town. There are still burros in the area that are descendants of the original animals. We saw many radio telescopes today. Of course, none were as big as the Byrd telescope at Greenbank, WV. The area here is high desert and the telescopes are spread across many miles of land. Each cluster of telescopes is named after the planetary missions that they gathered data for over the years. We made trips to Venus, Mars, and Mercury today!
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