
For anyone who has driven past the foothills near Stanford, the Dish beckons.
“It is a more pleasing structure than some of the radio antennas that have been used in the past. It is expected that this large, geometrical structure, used for important scientific research, would become widely known as a Stanford University landmark.” (from the 1958 proposal, Dish details)
It weighs 300,000 pounds and rotates on a circular railway track.
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