For it to have gotten to this point, where the main support cables are systematically failing, it’s clear they gave up on it a long time ago. Hard to see this thing be actively abandoned. “We’re going to ask you to keep working, but we’re not going to pay for the upkeep.”
------------------------------------------------- KJ Anderson 253-380-2636 www.linkedin.com/in/scrumnerd<http://www.linkedin.com/in/scrumnerd> From: BVARC <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Jonathan Guthrie via BVARC Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2020 4:03 PM To: mark janzer via BVARC <[email protected]> Cc: Jonathan Guthrie <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [BVARC] Arecibo telescope to bite the dust.... There's a lot of that going around. The radio telescope I worked with in the 1980's is already a golf course. On 11/19/2020 3:59 PM, mark janzer via BVARC wrote: Don't tell Joe Taylor (K1JT) Famed Arecibo telescope, on the brink of collapse, will be dismantled<https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/11/famed-arecibo-telescope-brink-collapse-will-be-dismantled> Famed Arecibo telescope, on the brink of collapse, will be dismantled National Science Foundation decides to decommission iconic radio observatory 73 Mark K5MGJ ________________________________________________ Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org
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