Josh Clark
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Stuff You Should Know
Doin’ Science in the National Radio Quiet Zone
Okay.
Stuff You Should Know
Doin’ Science in the National Radio Quiet Zone
And I find it incredibly obnoxious to use.
Stuff You Should Know
Doin’ Science in the National Radio Quiet Zone
Let's come up with something else.
Stuff You Should Know
Doin’ Science in the National Radio Quiet Zone
Okay, there we go.
Stuff You Should Know
Doin’ Science in the National Radio Quiet Zone
There's one other thing that the Green Bank Telescope, the one that's currently in use, can boast.
Stuff You Should Know
Doin’ Science in the National Radio Quiet Zone
You ready for this?
Stuff You Should Know
Doin’ Science in the National Radio Quiet Zone
Yes.
Stuff You Should Know
Doin’ Science in the National Radio Quiet Zone
It has the world's largest ball bearing.
Stuff You Should Know
Doin’ Science in the National Radio Quiet Zone
Oh, wow.
Stuff You Should Know
Doin’ Science in the National Radio Quiet Zone
The ball bearing inside of this thing that this massive telescope steers on is 17 1⁄2 feet in diameter.
Stuff You Should Know
Doin’ Science in the National Radio Quiet Zone
Wow.
Stuff You Should Know
Doin’ Science in the National Radio Quiet Zone
Which means it's as big around as a male adult giraffe is tall.
Stuff You Should Know
Doin’ Science in the National Radio Quiet Zone
What?
Stuff You Should Know
Doin’ Science in the National Radio Quiet Zone
That's the best I could come up with.
Stuff You Should Know
Doin’ Science in the National Radio Quiet Zone
I know, it's awful, it's clumsy, but I could not come up with anything else.
Stuff You Should Know
Doin’ Science in the National Radio Quiet Zone
Hey, Alexa, what's 17 feet tall?
Stuff You Should Know
Doin’ Science in the National Radio Quiet Zone
I asked DuckDuckGo instead.
Stuff You Should Know
Doin’ Science in the National Radio Quiet Zone
Alexa, play One Direction.
Stuff You Should Know
Doin’ Science in the National Radio Quiet Zone
Oh, boy, that's good.
Stuff You Should Know
Doin’ Science in the National Radio Quiet Zone
You want to take a break while everybody's trying to turn off One Direction?