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Mike Wehner
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It's been a few months since we heard any significant news about the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico. The location was of huge scientific importance thanks to the massive radio telescope that had been in use for over half a century. That was before structural damage forced its operators into a tough decision to either save the telescope or just decommission it and clean up the site where the telescope once sat.
Ultimately, due to a combination of bad luck and budgetary concerns, the National Science Foundation — the group that ran the observatory — decided it would be best to just destroy the colossal dish and accompanying equipment. Now, for the first time, we're getting a look at how much the cleanup bill is going to be, and let's just say the telescope's observations aren't the only thing that's astronomical.
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Cleaning up the destroyed Arecibo Observatory is going to cost so much money originally appeared on BGR.com on Tue, 9 Mar 2021 at 23:14:18 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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