Re: Vaticano-NASA: collaborazione curiosa!
Inviato da Dorian il 4/4/2007 19:52:03
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Jesuitical eyes on the skies
The Vatican, of course, is not without its own investigative resources. Along with whatever reports might be sent to Rome from around the planet, the Holy See has its own corps of celestial watchers — the Vatican Observatory.
In 1993, the Vatican Observatory joined with several universities to build a state-of the-art telescope atop Mount Graham, a mountain in Arizona sacred to the Apaches, home of an endangered species of red squirrel, despite lawsuits and protests by Native Americans and environmentalists. The Vatican Observatory denies that it’s there looking for “a sign from above” or that it plays a “watchdog” role in astronomy, but admits to “an apologetic purpose, in the sense of defending the Catholic Church’s positive regard for science.”
VATT [wiki]
Mount Graham [wiki]
The United States Congress authorized construction of observatories on the mountain in 1988, but there has been outcry from some Native American groups, who consider the site to be sacred. Environmental groups, including the Sierra Club also opposed the construction projects on Mount Graham as the summit was thought to be one of the few remaining habitats of the Mount Graham Red Squirrel. Astronomers working in the area often faced protest and the threat of physical violence. Acts of sabotage were also threatened, but most of the protests remained peaceful.
tempo fa posi un quesito ad uno studioso, riguardo alla passione per i telescopi manifestata dal vaticano (dopo quello che hanno fatto a Galileo!); telescopi da realizzare su un monte sacro agli indiani (!).
Jesuitical eyes on the skies
The Vatican, of course, is not without its own investigative resources. Along with whatever reports might be sent to Rome from around the planet, the Holy See has its own corps of celestial watchers — the Vatican Observatory.
In 1993, the Vatican Observatory joined with several universities to build a state-of the-art telescope atop Mount Graham, a mountain in Arizona sacred to the Apaches, home of an endangered species of red squirrel, despite lawsuits and protests by Native Americans and environmentalists. The Vatican Observatory denies that it’s there looking for “a sign from above” or that it plays a “watchdog” role in astronomy, but admits to “an apologetic purpose, in the sense of defending the Catholic Church’s positive regard for science.”
VATT [wiki]
Mount Graham [wiki]
The United States Congress authorized construction of observatories on the mountain in 1988, but there has been outcry from some Native American groups, who consider the site to be sacred. Environmental groups, including the Sierra Club also opposed the construction projects on Mount Graham as the summit was thought to be one of the few remaining habitats of the Mount Graham Red Squirrel. Astronomers working in the area often faced protest and the threat of physical violence. Acts of sabotage were also threatened, but most of the protests remained peaceful.
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