[Elecraft] Arecibo antenna collapses

[Fred Jensen]

"A billion here, a billion there ... pretty soon you're talking about 
real money."

Everett M. Dirksen [SK]
Senator

I believe there's a larger [and newer] one in China.  Andy's [AE6Y] wife 
is an astronomer and astrophysicist and I she mentioned it in a really 
cool presentation to the Northern California Contest Club awhile back.

73,

Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW
Sparks NV DM09dn
Washoe County

On 12/2/2020 8:47 AM, Grant Youngman wrote:
> I suppose the question is why not rebuild it if the capability (or an upgraded capability) remains of consequential value to the scientific community and there is no existing capability that can be cobbled together elsewhere to match it.  I don’t know what it would cost, but consider that one Virginia-class submarine costs well over $3B.  We build those, even if it is in small numbers.  It’s a matter of priorities … and pretty small $$ in the big picture.
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> Grant NQ5T
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