| Jan. 11th, 2012 09:40 am Attention: beamjockey - Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array Bill (a.k.a  beamjockey) - have you heard this?
From the Albuquerque Journal:
Very much the same
By John Fleck / Journal Staff Writer on Wed, Jan 11, 2012
While getting a new name, the Very Large Array telescope gets to keep its old.
Call it the "Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array."
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No, thanks for the tip! This is great news. It's about time the guy had a major instrument named for him. Although "KGJVLA" is going to be a mouthful. And everyone who has the habit of referring to it as the VLA probably won't stop, even though it's had a major upgrade.
When I gave my Reber talk at the Rotary Club in Wheaton, I met a cousin of Jansky's. Lot of engineers in that family.
