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| adam_text | AURA AND ITS US NATIONAL OBSERVATORIES FRANK K. EDMONDSON INDIANA
UNIVERSITY CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS CONTENTS PREFACE AND
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS XI FOREWORD XVII PART I THE BEGINNING 1 1
INTRODUCTION. US ASTRONOMY IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE 20TH CENTURY. 3 2
PLANNING FOR THE GROWING NEEDS OF US ASTRONOMY IN THE POST-WAR PERIOD.
THE IMPORTANT ROLE OF THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION. 6 3 THE AUI SITE
SURVEY FOR A NATIONAL RADIO ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY. THE CONTROVERSY OVER
THE SELECTION OF AUI TO BUILD AND OPERATE THE NRAO. 9 4 JOHN B. IRWIN S
PAPER ON OPTIMUM LOCATION OF A PHOTOELECTRIC OBSERVATORY , AND THE
PROPOSAL TO THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF
ARIZONA, THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, AND INDIANA UNIVERSITY. REACTION OF
THE NSF ADVISORY PANEL FOR ASTRONOMY. THE FLAGSTAFF ASTRONOMICAL
PHOTOELECTRIC CONFERENCE, AND CONSEQUENT ACTIONS BY NSF. 14 5 THE ROLE
OF ROBERT R. MCMATH AS A TRUSTED ADVISOR TO THE DIRECTOR OF THE NATIONAL
SCIENCE FOUNDATION, AND AS AN INFLUENTIAL ADVOCATE FOR INCREASED FUNDING
FOR NSF. THE NAO PANEL AND THE BEGINNING OF THE SITE SURVEY FOR THE
LOCATION OF A NATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY. 26 6 THE SITE SURVEY.
PLANNING FOR A LARGE SOLAR TELESCOPE. 46 7 DISCUSSION OF THE PURPOSE AND
GOALS OF THE NATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY BY THE PANEL.
COMMUNICATION WITH THE ASTRONOMICAL COMMUNITY AND THE PUBLIC. THE
EVOLUTION OF PLANS FOR THE MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION OF THE NAO. 59 VII
VLLL CONTENTS PART II AURA IS CREATED 71 8 THE INCORPORATION OF AURA ON
OCTOBER 28, 1957. ACTIONS TAKEN AT THE SECOND MEETING OF THE AURA BOARD
OF DIRECTORS ON DECEMBER 12-13, 1957. THE CONTRACT WITH THE NATIONAL
SCIENCE FOUNDATION. SPUTNIK SAVES THE SOLAR TELESCOPE. 73 9 THE
SELECTION OF KITT PEAK ON MARCH 1, 1958. NEGOTIATION OF A LEASE WITH THE
PAPAGO TRIBE FOLLOWING PASSAGE OF SPECIAL LEGISLATION BY THE US
CONGRESS. THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA HELPS WITH THE ACQUISITION OF LAND
FOR THE CITY HEADQUARTERS. 85 10 THE AURA BOARD OF DIRECTORS CHOOSE A
NAME FOR THE OBSERVATORY. THE START OF CONSTRUCTION IN TUCSON AND ON THE
MOUNTAIN. THE FORT HUACHUCA DRONE AIRCRAFT ELECTRONICS TEST RANGE
THREATENS KITT PEAK. THE MARCH 15, 1960 DEDICATION. 94 PART III NEW
DIRECTIONS FOR AURA 107 11 THE KITT PEAK SPACE PROGRAM. 109 12 THE
OBSERVATORY IS REORGANIZED ON MARCH 14, 1960, AND A NEW OBSERVATORY
DIRECTOR IS APPOINTED. PLANNING BEGINS FOR A 150-INCH TELESCOPE.
REORGANIZATION OF AURA IS DISCUSSED IN 1961-62, AND NEW OFFICERS ARE
ELECTED IN 1962. THE NOVEMBER 2, 1962 DEDICATION OF THE MCMATH SOLAR
TELESCOPE. 124 13 THE CHILE PROJECT. PROFESSOR RUTLLANT S JUNE 1958
VISIT TO THE YERKES OBSERVATORY. INITIAL SUPPORT BY THE US AIR FORCE.
TRANSFER OF RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE PROJECT FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF
CHICAGO TO AURA, WITH CONTINUING FUNDING BY THE NATIONAL SCIENCE
FOUNDATION. RELATIONS WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF CHILE. 137 14 COMPLETION OF
THE SITE SURVEY, AND THE SELECTION OF CERRO TOLOLO ON NOVEMBER 23, 1962.
THE START OF CONSTRUCTION IN LA SERENA AND ON THE MOUNTAIN, FOLLOWING
PURCHASE OF THE LAND. THE NOVEMBER 6-7, 1967 DEDICATION OF THE CERRO
TOLOLO INTER-AMERICAN OBSERVATORY. 148 15 A PROJECT MANAGER IS APPOINTED
FOR THE 150-INCH TELESCOPE, AND THE BID FOR THE FUSED QUARTZ MIRROR
BLANK BY THE GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY IS $500,000 LOWER THAN THE BID BY
THE CORNING GLASS WORKS. A $5.0 MILLION GRANT FROM THE FORD FOUNDATION
IN APRIL 1967 PROVIDES FUNDS FOR HALF THE COST OF A 150-INCH TELESCOPE
FOR CTIO. CONGRESS ADDS THE OTHER HALF TO THE NATIONAL SCIENCE
FOUNDATION APPROPRIATION. BIDS FOR TWO 150-INCH TELESCOPE MOUNTINGS ARE
OPENED ON OCTOBER 18, 1967. INSTALLATION ON KITT PEAK IS COMPLETED IN
MARCH 1973, AND ON CERRO TOLOLO IN OCTOBER 1974. 170 16 THE COMPLICATED
STORY OF THE FORD FOUNDATION GRANT. 178 PART IV CERRO TOLOLO S NEIGHBORS
197 17 THE USSR (PULKOVO OBSERVATORY) ASTROMETRIC EXPEDITION TO CHILE.
199 CONTENTS 18 THE EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY (ESO). 203 19 THE
CARNEGIE SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY (CARSO). 215 PART V EPILOGUE 225 20 AN
ACTIVE PLANETARY RESEARCH PROGRAM REPLACES THE LARGE ORBITING TELESCOPE,
AND THE SPACE DIVISION IS RENAMED THE PLANETARY SCIENCES DIVISION IN
1969. THE THIRD DIRECTOR OF KPNO TAKES OFFICE IN 1971, AND THE CORPORATE
OFFICE IS ESTABLISHED IN 1972. INADEQUATE FUNDING FOR KPNO CAUSES THE
AURA BOARD TO TERMINATE THE ROCKET PROGRAM IN 1973. THE DEDICATION OF
THE 150-INCH MAYALL TELESCOPE ON JUNE 20, 1973. TAKING OVER THE
MANAGEMENT OF THE SACRAMENTO PEAK OBSERVATORY (SPO) IN 1976, AND THE
MERGER OF THE SOLAR PROGRAMS AT KPNO AND SPO IN 1983 TO FORM THE
NATIONAL SOLAR OBSERVATORY (NSO). THE SUBSEQUENT MERGER OF NSO WITH KPNO
AND CTIO TO FORM THE NATIONAL OPTICAL ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORIES (NOAO).
THE SPACE TELESCOPE SCIENCE INSTITUTE (STSCI). 227 21 THE 25TH
ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION OF AURA AND KPNO ON FEBRUARY 14-16, 1983. THE
MOVE OF THE CORPORATE OFFICE TO WASHINGTON IN THE FALL OF 1983. A
RE-STRUCTURED AURA BOARD AND EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, APPROVED IN 1982,
TAKES EFFECT IN 1985. 245 22 A LOOK BACK, AND A LOOK AHEAD BY DR. GOETZ
K. OERTEL, AURA PRESIDENT. 251 NOTES AND REFERENCES 264 APPENDIX I LIST
OF TAPED INTERVIEWS 347 APPENDIX II SENIOR OFFICERS OF AURA 353 INDEX
354
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