Looks like they can't salvage arecibo. :(
https://www.theverge.com/2020/11/19/...se-cable-break
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Looks like they can't salvage arecibo. :(
https://www.theverge.com/2020/11/19/...se-cable-break
Sad.
I just saw that. It is a sad day.
End of an Era, for sure. At least we can still watch "Contact" and see it again....
Very sad the most iconic radio telescope is going to disappear. So many movies and memories of myself other times will stay in my heart.
It's a sad day for planetary defense.
At the FAST wiki...
planetary society arecibo reactionQuote:
Arecibo also includes several NSF funded radars for ionospheric studies. These powerful transmitters are too large and heavy for FAST's small receiver cabin, so it will not be able to participate in planetary defence.
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Of immediate concern is the telescope’s role in tracking and characterizing asteroids. Arecibo’s planetary radar was the most powerful in the world, observing roughly 100 near-Earth asteroids per year. Half of those were newly discovered objects whose orbits were not precisely known. Arecibo observations helped scientists determine whether an asteroid would hit our planet and ensured their trajectories were catalogued for future observations.
Well it's an even sadder day. The observatory has collapsed.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-55147973