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General Category => Huh? => Topic started by: ThaDood on November 19, 2020, 2144 UTC
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NSF begins planning for decommissioning of Arecibo Observatory’s 305-meter telescope due to safety concerns, https://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=301674 Bye-bye ultimate DX.
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Sounds like the planning was a bit too late:
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/huge-loss-huge-puerto-rico-radio-telescope-arecibo-collapses-following-n1249515
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NSF released drone and go pro footage of the collapse. At 5 minutes into the video the slow motion footage is very detailed...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59WQIRvezzI
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And, what an F'n waste. I'd rather have my tax $$$$$ pay for that, than BS overseas wars. Hopefully, Greenbank will still keep rockin', https://public.nrao.edu/telescopes/300-foot-telescope/