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Parkes has more history than this. The telescope was used to receive and send transmissions to Apollo 11 when facing that part of the world. The first moonwalk images came through Parkes.

A wonderful movie was made about it called The Dish with Sam Neill starring. The movie uses quirky characters and American/Aussie cultural differences to tell the story with warm humor. Highly recommended.

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:’) The outback scene in “The Right Stuff” probably is meant to represent the Parkes.