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The end of the line for the Arecibo radio telescope

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CJay:

--- Quote from: BravoV on December 06, 2020, 08:04:48 am ---Even there is a money and interest, whats the point ? The whole Puerto Rico island was destroyed by hurricane Maria 3 years ago is still abandoned by mainland federal government with no help what so ever, the basic and major infrastructure still heavily damaged, the money better use to help these poor people 1st, and a telescope has much lower priority.

Unless those Puerto Ricans are 2nd grade US citizen. Just read this carefully -> Reference

Its like watching a poor African countries that is still struggling on basic need, but want to build rocket to send their astronaut to the moon.  :-DD

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I agree, looking in from the outside, talking to relatives and friends in the US, the 'American dream' looks like a nightmare for an awful lot of people and it all stems from a basic lack of humanity in the belief that, to quote a fictional character, "greed, for lack of a better word, is good. Greed is right. Greed works. Greed clarifies, cuts through, and captures the essence of the evolutionary spirit."

magic:
"American dream" boils down to the concept that it's viable to relinquish responsibility for "your world" and live comfortably in "a better world".
People who emigrate to Western countries will never learn :horse:

CJay:

--- Quote from: magic on December 06, 2020, 09:42:11 am ---"American dream" boils down to the concept that it's viable to relinquish responsibility for "your world" and live comfortably in "a better world".
People who emigrate to Western countries will never learn :horse:

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There's nothing wrong with wanting better but it goes wrong when you want your own life to be better at the expense of others and that happens in every country.

Ian.M:
Before the Arecibo site could be reused, there's a lot of work to be done scrapping the failed platform, and probably the reflector, though some of it may be salvageable.   However its all near-ground so wont require more than ordinary heavy plant to do so, and could be undertaken with local labor, which would obviously benefit the local community.

If a rebuild was funded internationally by a coalition of universities and other academic bodies its likely the funding would be more stable than if it relied on US government funding subject to short-term political pressures. 

coppercone2:
the only way you can screw up local labor is have them work unsafe on a rich foreign project (don't pull a stadium job)

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