Comments on: Arecibo Radio Observatory being decommissioned. https://habitablezone.com/2020/11/20/arecibo-radio-observatory-being-decommissioned/ Mon, 06 Apr 2026 12:03:37 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: DanS https://habitablezone.com/2020/11/20/arecibo-radio-observatory-being-decommissioned/#comment-46193 DanS Sun, 06 Dec 2020 22:42:02 +0000 https://www.habitablezone.com/?p=85698#comment-46193 Cool. Cool.

]]> By: Vitruvius https://habitablezone.com/2020/11/20/arecibo-radio-observatory-being-decommissioned/#comment-46187 Vitruvius Sun, 06 Dec 2020 06:01:47 +0000 https://www.habitablezone.com/?p=85698#comment-46187 *Musk/Bezos/Gates intensifies* *Musk/Bezos/Gates intensifies*

]]> By: podrock https://habitablezone.com/2020/11/20/arecibo-radio-observatory-being-decommissioned/#comment-46170 podrock Fri, 04 Dec 2020 20:34:01 +0000 https://www.habitablezone.com/?p=85698#comment-46170 I've met him a couple of times in town. Nice guy, too. I’ve met him a couple of times in town. Nice guy, too.

]]> By: DanS https://habitablezone.com/2020/11/20/arecibo-radio-observatory-being-decommissioned/#comment-46165 DanS Fri, 04 Dec 2020 18:39:47 +0000 https://www.habitablezone.com/?p=85698#comment-46165 There's a lot there to clean up and cart away, but know that what's left will probably be a fairly sound foundation for a next-gen radio telescope. Any ridiculously wealthy entrepreneurs out there? There’s a lot there to clean up and cart away, but know that what’s left will probably be a fairly sound foundation for a next-gen radio telescope.

Any ridiculously wealthy entrepreneurs out there?

]]> By: podrock https://habitablezone.com/2020/11/20/arecibo-radio-observatory-being-decommissioned/#comment-46162 podrock Fri, 04 Dec 2020 04:56:03 +0000 https://www.habitablezone.com/?p=85698#comment-46162 "The footage from the control room was taken by Carlos Perez with a GoPro. Adrian Bague took the drone footage." From Phil Plait's Twitter “The footage from the control room was taken by Carlos Perez with a GoPro. Adrian Bague took the drone footage.”

From Phil Plait’s Twitter

]]> By: podrock https://habitablezone.com/2020/11/20/arecibo-radio-observatory-being-decommissioned/#comment-46156 podrock Thu, 03 Dec 2020 17:48:42 +0000 https://www.habitablezone.com/?p=85698#comment-46156 <iframe src='//players.brightcove.net/679256133001/EkLWnGuil_default/index.html?videoId=6213883083001' allowfullscreen frameborder=0></iframe> <a href="https://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/arecibo/" rel="nofollow">https://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/arecibo/</a> More views on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/thesheetztweetz/status/1334536726975574016" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/thesheetztweetz/status/1334536726975574016</a>

https://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/arecibo/

More views on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/thesheetztweetz/status/1334536726975574016

]]> By: RL https://habitablezone.com/2020/11/20/arecibo-radio-observatory-being-decommissioned/#comment-46135 RL Wed, 02 Dec 2020 15:27:33 +0000 https://www.habitablezone.com/?p=85698#comment-46135 What a sad end... What a sad end…

]]> By: ER https://habitablezone.com/2020/11/20/arecibo-radio-observatory-being-decommissioned/#comment-46133 ER Wed, 02 Dec 2020 13:34:58 +0000 https://www.habitablezone.com/?p=85698#comment-46133 This isn't the first time this has happened. This isn’t the first time this has happened.

]]> By: Vitruvius https://habitablezone.com/2020/11/20/arecibo-radio-observatory-being-decommissioned/#comment-46129 Vitruvius Wed, 02 Dec 2020 04:08:06 +0000 https://www.habitablezone.com/?p=85698#comment-46129 That thing was omnipresent in books and media growing up. Never knew it was at risk until recently. It feels odd - a modern cultural monument left to ruin and destruction. How long before kids from this generation forget it ever existed? That thing was omnipresent in books and media growing up. Never knew it was at risk until recently.

It feels odd – a modern cultural monument left to ruin and destruction. How long before kids from this generation forget it ever existed?

]]> By: podrock https://habitablezone.com/2020/11/20/arecibo-radio-observatory-being-decommissioned/#comment-46108 podrock Tue, 01 Dec 2020 17:06:05 +0000 https://www.habitablezone.com/?p=85698#comment-46108 Via Twitter: https://twitter.com/willgater/status/1333806536628580359 Via Twitter:

https://twitter.com/willgater/status/1333806536628580359

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