Multiple Choice
The major advantage the Allen Telescope Array (which will eventually consist of 350 small radio dishes) has over a conventional single-dish radio telescope is that it
A) is less expensive to build than a single-dish
B) is simpler to operate than a single-dish
C) can monitor several targets simultaneously
D) can collect more radiation than a single-dish of comparable size
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