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Early morning space news 05:34 - Nov 20 with 326 viewsBlueBadger

https://www.theverge.com/2020/11/19/21575025/arecibo-observatory-puerto-rico-dec

The SETI telescope in Puerto Rico is to be decommissioned as it can no longer be safely repeaied

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Early morning space news on 09:04 - Nov 20 with 245 viewsStokieBlue

A sad day but it's been a great telescope. It's quite dated now compared to other stuff being built but will always have a key place in the history of SETI and an iconic place in many films.

Was the setting for a good episode of the X-Files as well.

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Early morning space news on 09:08 - Nov 20 with 239 viewsSwansea_Blue


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