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NFT: Arecibo telescope collapsed

Shecky : 12/1/2020 12:15 pm
Anyone interested in science or has had the opportunity to visit Arecibo and see the telescope, truly devastating news. It’s been a rough couple of years for that island
Arecibo collapsed - ( New Window )
Pic and another article  
Shecky : 12/1/2020 12:20 pm : link

Arecibo - ( New Window )
I didn't realize that structure is 57 years old  
Sec 103 : 12/1/2020 12:20 pm : link
visited in '82... Shame
Sad to See  
Bob in Vt : 12/1/2020 1:27 pm : link
Too bad it couldn't have been kept up, but that would have cost way too much to justify
Still have the VLA in New Mexico right?  
DC Gmen Fan : 12/1/2020 2:38 pm : link
?
Wow ...  
short lease : 12/1/2020 8:08 pm : link

That is a shame. If there was some place on the planet that was "epicenter" of SETI research - that haaaad to be the location. So legendary that I think "The X-Files" did an entire episode about it ?
Played winter ball in PR twice...  
GMen72 : 12/1/2020 9:58 pm : link
pretty impressive in person. Surprised they let it decline...it was a pretty big tourist attraction.
Here is the video ...  
short lease : 12/4/2020 7:09 pm : link
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Telescope collapse - ( New Window )
This image fully exemplifies  
BUgiantfan : 12/5/2020 8:09 am : link
our country’s poor funding for science.
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