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Why not? Should we pour money into antiquated and inefficient designs at the expense of newer designs that will be far more effective?
by valuearb 6y ago
Why not? Should we pour money into antiquated and inefficient designs at the expense of newer designs that will be far more effective?
- mulmen 6y agoNo but Arecibo was an icon and a valuable instrument in its time. A more dignified fate was deserved.
- ajford 6y agoThat's the rub. Yes it wasn't a streamline design, but rather the result of a series of upgrades over the decades, but it was still producing important and meaningful science. A full refit of Arecibo (obviously while it was still in one piece of course) would have likely been much cheaper than building an entirely new telescope.