<div dir="ltr"><div>Reading the Space.com article about the tragedy made me wonder if a century from now, people will be lamenting about a space elevator which is coming apart... Now that would be an epic spectacle of disturbing proportions! <br></div><div><br></div><div>And if they have not already, I suspect China will build a radio telescope equal or even superior to Arecibo... <br></div><div><br></div><div>John<br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Nov 20, 2020 at 3:57 AM BillK via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Arecibo radio telescope, an icon of astronomy, is lost<br>
By Meghan Bartels - Space.com Senior Writer Nov 19, 2020<br>
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Arecibo Telescope's illustrious scientific career is over.<br>
<<a href="https://www.space.com/arecibo-observatory-radio-telescope-to-be-destroyed" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.space.com/arecibo-observatory-radio-telescope-to-be-destroyed</a>><br>
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The National Science Foundation (NSF) will decommission Arecibo<br>
Observatory's massive radio dish after damage has made the facility<br>
too dangerous to repair, the agency announced today (Nov. 19).<br>
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The announcement came as scientists awaited a verdict about the fate<br>
of the iconic observatory after damage to the complex cabling<br>
supporting a 900-ton science platform suspended over the dish.<br>
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This is a big loss to science. :(<br>
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BillK<br>
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