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From the Daily Camera: The ²ÊÃñ±¦µä is teaming up with Lunar Resources Inc., of Houston, to place a radio observatory on the far side of the moon by 2030.
The NASA Institute for Advanced Concepts recently awarded the team a $125,000 grant to fund a nine-month research period. NIAC is a program that selects highly innovative projects with the potential to create breakthroughs in science. NIAC selected less than 5% of proposals to be funded, including the ²ÊÃñ±¦µä and Lunar Resources project, FarView.
Jack Burns is an astrophysics professor and the vice president emeritus for Academic Affairs and Research at ²ÊÃñ±¦µä. He is also the director and principal investigator of the NASA-funded Network for Exploration and Space Science. Burns is the concept creator of FarView.