November 22, 2020
Famed Puerto Rican radio telescope is offline
Jack Kemp
The Associated Press reports that the famed giant radio telescope at Arecibo is closed down. It may not reopen.
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The National Science Foundation
announced Thursday that it will close the huge telescope at the renowned
Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico in a blow to scientists worldwide
who depend on it to search for planets, asteroids and extraterrestrial
life.
The independent, federally funded agency said it’s too dangerous to
keep operating the single dish radio telescope — one of the world’s
largest — given the significant damage it recently sustained.
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This is an unsatisfactory article. One is not left with a lot of information regarding the cause of the damage to the telescope. And these days, that makes us wonder. . .
Posted by: Dana Mathewson at November 23, 2020 11:22 PM (20lgM)
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Mostly weather, Dana. Hurricanes have wreaked havoc with the poor thang. Partly old age, though.
Posted by: Bill H at November 23, 2020 11:45 PM (vMiSr)
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Of course these old style dishes are becoming obsolete. I understand why funding is being cut; it's probably not worth it to maintain this.
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