Being Interviewed: All part of the job.

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Since ASTRON and JIVE are leading institutes, our officials are regularly interviewed by a wide range of media. When seeing such an interview, it all seems so clean and easy when they hold forth on important issues. In reality, quite a circus is invoked to capture their fluent remarks.

The people in this picture are just the tip of the iceberg. They do not even include the interviewer and the interviewee, who are cooped up in the darkness and silence of the ASTRON anechoic chamber. In addition, about ten other crew members were scattered in tense idleness in the corridor behind.

In this particular instance, Dr Albert-Jan Boonstra (visible on the monitor screen) was being interviewed about the multi-million DOME project by a team from IBM Zurich. At the same time, elsewhere in the building, another camera crew was interviewing the ASTRON chief astronomer about the vexing issue of "Freedom in Drenthe".

In short, just another day at the office in Dwingeloo.