Home |
Search |
Today's Posts |
#13
posted to rec.boats
|
|||
|
|||
Signatures needed on petition to evaluate and stabilize theArecibo radio telescope
On Friday, November 27, 2020 at 2:59:18 PM UTC-5, Wayne B wrote:
Signatures needed on petition to evaluate and stabilize the Arecibo radio telescope: "We urge emergency action to have the Army Corps of Engineers or another agency evaluate the telescope structure and search for a safe way to stabilize it," reads the petition to the White House, which had more than 28,000 signatures as of Friday. Space.com notes if the petition gets 100,000 signees by Dec. 21, the White House has to respond within two months. Jenniffer Gonzalez, Puerto Rico's resident commissioner, is also taking action, sending a letter to Congress last week to request funds to make repairs. The NSF maintains the structure is beyond safe renovation. "We understand the risk of going there and trying to fix it," Wilbert Ruperto-Hernandez, one of the organizers of the "Save the Arecibo Observatory" campaign, tells Space.com. "But not many people think that it should be an excuse to just demolish it." https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/petition-emergency-action-evaluate-and-stabilize-arecibo-radio-telescope And just like that, now it's gone... "SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico—A huge, already damaged radio telescope in Puerto Rico that has played a key role in astronomical discoveries for more than half a century completely collapsed on Tuesday. The telescope's 900-ton receiver platform fell onto the reflector dish more than 400 feet below." https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/huge-loss-huge-puerto-rico-radio-telescope-arecibo-collapses-following-n1249515 |
Thread Tools | Search this Thread |
Display Modes | |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Forum | |||
Evaluate Our Vivacious Ladies in Amsterdam | General | |||
SEA 112 radio advice / manual / schematic needed | Electronics | |||
Means to Stabilize Kayak When Boarding Larger Boat? | General | |||
Heh Bob... My Telescope is.. | ASA | |||
Volunteers Needed To Locate Radio Pirate, Tampa Bay Area | General |