Arecibo Telescope Damaged
12 Oct 2017 17:24:35 UTC
Topic 210163
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I saw this thread over on SETI forums about some of the Arecibo radio telescopes being damaged by Hurricane Maria. Is E@H still receiving data from any telescopes there?
https://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=81966
And now I see it mentioned in
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And now I see it mentioned in another thread here about the damage:
https://einsteinathome.org/content/radio-astronomy-general-questions#comment-161982
Some news on Arecibo's
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Some news on Arecibo's funding future:
-yes, there are plans to repair all the storm damages
- no, there are no plans to mothball or even demolish the telescope anytime soon, but ....
- yes, there is a need to find a new source for additional funding because the current owners plan to reduce the funding in the coming years, and rather drastically so.
At least that is the plan. The overall last word is always with the budget that has to be approved by the US congress.
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/11/astronomers-relieved-us-funding-agency-moves-keep-arecibo-telescope-operating
HBE
We cross our
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We cross our fingers!!!
Kind regards and happy cunching
Martin