[Elecraft] Arecibo antenna collapses

[William Hammond]

Indeed they do: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-02790-3 <https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-02790-3>

73, Bill-AK5X

> On Dec 2, 2020, at 11:56 AM, Fred Jensen <k6dgw at foothill.net> wrote:
> 
> "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.
>> 
>> Grant NQ5T
>> 
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