![]() We encourage AO staff displaced by this loss to consider any of our current open opportunities with the NRAO or GBO.ĭave Finley, Public Information 241-9210 Will the NRAO or GBO be providing support to the staff displaced by this event? ![]() We defer to the engineers’ reports evaluating the devastating damage done to the telescope’s infrastructure and threats to staff safety, as shared in the NSF’s release. The Arecibo Telescope is irreplaceable.ĭoes the NRAO or GBO support the NSF’s move to decommission the telescope? While some instruments of the NRAO and GBO can perform some of the Arecibo Telescope’s functions, none will be a total replacement for its capabilities. ![]() The staff and facilities of NRAO and GBO stand ready to assist in filling the gap that this loss will create, and offer our best wishes to our colleagues who are affected by this development.Ĭan any NRAO facilities or the Green Bank Telescope replace the Arecibo Telescope? The 305-meter Arecibo radio telescope has a long and distinguished history of landmark contributions to astronomy and planetary science and often has been a valued partner with NRAO telescopes and the Green Bank Telescope in research projects. See the National Science Foundation’s full release here. The National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) and the Green Bank Observatory (GBO) are saddened by the announcement of the decommissioning of the Arecibo Telescope in Puerto Rico due to recent and devastating structural damage.
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