> cannot be maintained because the governing bodies deny the necessary funding for maintenance/repairs/operation. According to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ar

> cannot be maintained because the governing bodies deny the necessary funding for maintenance/repairs/operation. According to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arecibo_Observatory#Funding_reductions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arecibo_Observatory#Funding_re... funding was reduced 15 years ago. Around 5 years ago there was talk about shutting this facility down. So yah, it was knowingly given up, but it wasn't just a short term thought, this was decades of administrators all saying the same thing.