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Observatory Director Francisco Córdova on the… – The Planetary Society
Host Mat Kaplan talked with the Arecibo Observatory director just hours before the giant radio telescope came crashing down.
Mat Kaplan:
A tragedy for science at Arecibo. We’ll talk with the observatory director this week on Planetary Radio. Welcome, I’m Mat Kaplan of The Planetary Society, with more of the human adventure across our solar system and beyond. You’ve probably heard the news, the great radio telescope at Arecibo in Puerto Rico is no more. The 900 ton instrument platform suspended by cables high above the giant dish fell to its ruin in the early morning on December 1st. No one was injured but any hope of…
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