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The end of the line for the Arecibo radio telescope
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CatalinaWOW:
Now the questions are:
1. Is it too risky to go in and try to salvage any of the equipment?
2. Is there any way to stop locals from wildcatting this salvage?
schmitt trigger:
Like some other poster mentioned, if the government had allocated only 0.1% of what has been spent on the Middle East wars, not only this would not have happened, additional facilities would have been built.
SeanB:

--- Quote from: CatalinaWOW on December 01, 2020, 06:45:23 pm ---Now the questions are:
1. Is it too risky to go in and try to salvage any of the equipment?
2. Is there any way to stop locals from wildcatting this salvage?

--- End quote ---

Whatever was on the observing platform is now splashed all over, and not really salvageable, as it is likely all buckled from the impact, with only small parts likely to have survived. The rest is just scrap steel, so really heavy to move away, and thus not much will go missing.
coppercone2:
lol give them the severance package the economy over there just got screwed
TerraHertz:
 :'(
Grab some google maps 'as it was' aerial views before they get updated.
https://goo.gl/maps/RdVBXcomEEUDHiYd8

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