March 11th, 2008
Got a few million spare?
Posted by
chrislintott in
Funding
Then can I recommend this ebay listing?
Background story is here.
Edit : Ebay have removed the listing, which was for the Jodrell Bank telescope. If anyone has a screenshot, let me know.
on March 11th, 2008 at 2:54 pm
Hi Chris,
None of your links work. The ebay listing and Background story go to a broken ebay link, and the here just returns to the same page. I think the eaby link you want is this:
http://tinyurl.com/ywug8w
If someone bids more than £80million, then they can save the whole of UK astronomy (at least for the next 3 years).
on March 11th, 2008 at 2:57 pm
Cheers. I’ll take the cheque for £80 million if there’s anyone out there…
on March 11th, 2008 at 9:45 pm
Guess what Nick!
Your link doesn’t work either - could one of you simply explain what it is????? Please
on March 11th, 2008 at 10:05 pm
This was Jodders on ebay I believe, but some spoilsport has removed it. And sorry chaps but at £80M I could think of better things. £2.5Myr on the other hand - a snip.
on March 11th, 2008 at 11:20 pm
[...] Mint in the box You may have heard the rumours by now that some wag put Jodders on eBay. This was posted by Chris Lintott, but the link is broken .. some spoilsport removed the listing. [...]
on March 12th, 2008 at 12:10 am
When I looked at EBay this afternoon, the bids had already reached 5 Million - maybe as we speak, JB is already under new management?
on March 12th, 2008 at 3:46 pm
Sorry Bunny,
It was the Jodrell Bank telescope: the original 1957 telescope that Bernard Lovell built, which tracked Sputnik, got the first images from the first Russian probe to the moon scooping their press release and has made huge contributions to radio astronomy in the last 50 years. The 78m dish has been upgraded since then and the electronic links to other dishes around the UK have also been upgraded recently making it a useful instrument even now.
Nick
on March 12th, 2008 at 5:29 pm
Welcome back to the Victorian era and before, when everything depended on the wealth and charity of a few private individuals. Quite an amusing idea, though.
on March 13th, 2008 at 9:55 am
The Register covered this story (with a screenshot): http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/03/11/jodrell_bank_auction/
There’s a second listing up on eBay as well: http://tinyurl.com/23qp5q
on March 13th, 2008 at 1:19 pm
Pitty while they’re at it they could list the David Dunlap Observatory too.
http://mangsbatpage.433rd.com/2008/02/black-hole-discoverer-to-be-eaten-by.html
on March 15th, 2008 at 9:55 am
There is a link to a screenshot (pdf) on the SPA website:
http://www.popastro.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=8945
Paul
on March 15th, 2008 at 10:38 am
You beat me to it - I also saved that page! “Collect in Person” - priceless! :0)
on March 18th, 2008 at 9:51 pm
“Slightly ragged around the edges”; “Only £67.99″?!? Couldn’t find the £80 million anywhere. I’d pay £67.99!