Subject: [DORISMail] No 0217 : Mount Stromlo station destroyed by fire Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" ; format="flowed" X-MIME-Autoconverted: from 8bit to quoted-printable by dutilleux.ensg.ign.fr id h0LEk0N31940 ****************************************************************************** DORISMail 21-Jan-2003 14:40:13 Message No 0217 ****************************************************************************** Author: "H.Fagard" Subject: Mount Stromlo station destroyed by fire Dear Colleagues, We have sadly been informed by our Australian colleagues that the Mount Stromlo Observatory was completely destroyed on January 18 by the terrible fires that raged around Canberra. Fortunately nobody was injured, but all equipment including the satellite laser ranging and the DORIS station (MSOB) were completely destroyed. Geoscience Australia say they should be able to complete the reconstruction by mid-2003. Best regards, Hervé Fagard -- ====================================================================== Herve FAGARD e-mail : herve.fagard@ign.fr Institut Geographique National 94165 SAINT-MANDE CEDEX PHONE : + 33 1 43 98 81 48 FRANCE FAX : + 33 1 43 98 84 50 ====================================================================== Please do not reply directly to this message, but send comments and suggestions to IDS.central.bureau@cls.fr