# Big US radio telescope being shutdown **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 19, 2020, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-us-radio-telescope-being-shutdown/925982 "2020-11-19T17:20:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2020, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-us-radio-telescope-being-shutdown/925982/1 "2020-11-19T17:20:43Z")
Seen in the movie Contact . It cannot be fixed from recent damage. > **[NSF begins planning for decommissioning of Arecibo Observatory’s 305-meter...](https://beta.nsf.gov/news/nsf-begins-planning-decommissioning-arecibo)** > > UPDATE: NSF has provided a report to Congress, as required by the report language accompanying the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, describing “the causes… ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2020, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-us-radio-telescope-being-shutdown/925982/2 "2020-11-22T02:08:19Z")
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**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2020, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-us-radio-telescope-being-shutdown/925982/3 "2020-11-22T02:08:19Z")