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1. lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Thursday, 19-Nov-2020 15:11:25 EST lnxw48a1
   Sad news. The Arecibo radio telescope is set to be decommissioned and demolished after a couple of cable failure left it in a state of impending total collapse. https://nu.federati.net/url/278123 [www theverge com]
   
   I visited a couple of years ago. It is truly an amazing place. Because the area is sort of remote, and because of the size of the dish, the #Arecibo radio telescope had unparalleled clarity and strength of reception. Goldstone is a wonderful facility, but it isn’t the same.
   1. lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Thursday, 19-Nov-2020 15:17:37 EST lnxw48a1

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      It wouldn’t be the same, but what if people with always-on high-speed Internet connections could buy a small dish and plug it into their routers, so that NSF could build a nationwide or even global “virtual radio telescope”
      1. GeniusMusing (geniusmusing@nu.federati.net)'s status on Thursday, 19-Nov-2020 15:21:58 EST GeniusMusing

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         @lnxw48a1
         >It wouldn’t be the same
         
         It could be even better.
         One of these but on steroids.
         
         Very Large Array Wikipedia
         https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Very_Large_Array
         1. GeniusMusing (geniusmusing@nu.federati.net)'s status on Friday, 20-Nov-2020 09:45:51 EST GeniusMusing

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            @lnxw48a1 @mangeurdenuage
            Fell into a bit of a rabbit hole this morning.
            Build your own radio telescope www.scienceinschool.org
            https://www.scienceinschool.org/2012/issue23/telescope
            A Miniature Radio Telescope In Every Backyard Hackaday
            https://hackaday.com/2019/10/22/a-miniature-radio-telescope-in-every-backyard/
            
            I have yet to find the bottom...
   2. mangeurdenuage (mangeurdenuage@loadaverage.org)'s status on Thursday, 19-Nov-2020 15:36:04 EST mangeurdenuage

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      Unfortunate. I liked this structure.
      1. GeniusMusing (geniusmusing@nu.federati.net)'s status on Thursday, 19-Nov-2020 16:52:06 EST GeniusMusing

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         @lnxw48a1 @mangeurdenuage
         Can we just blame Mr. Bond?
         Maybe get MI6 to pay for repairs?
         GoldenEye The Dish - YouTube
         https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HFkF8904Uw