A fantastic, positive, full-page article (including an interesting Karoo-with-telescopes picture) on the Square Kilometer Array (SKA) project appeared in today’s Financial Times Deutschland (FTD), just in time for the final decision by “the jury” next week on where the SKA should be built – in SA or in Australia. It’ll definitely bolster SA’s already strong chances of getting the contract.  [Read on]

…back in 1998. For those journalists in Cape Town who still don’t want to believe (and I’m sure there are still a few), here is something to chew on.