# The Great Ongoing Space Exploration Thread

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**Created:** [November 16, 2020, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-ongoing-space-exploration-thread/925703 "2020-11-16T12:18:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2020, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-ongoing-space-exploration-thread/925703/14 "2020-11-21T20:16:33Z")

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Cross-linking the two semi-current threads on the demise of Arecibo:

> [@Arecibo Radio Telescope damage; Puerto Rico \[has collapsed\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arecibo-radio-telescope-damage/918104):
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> A cable snapped, causing this cornerstone of radio astronomy and SETI to go off-line due to structural damage. [[Snapped Cable Damages Arecibo Observatory Radio Telescope] ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4V3VCt24tkE)

> [@Big US radio telescope being shutdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-us-radio-telescope-being-shutdown/925982):
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> Seen in the movie Contact . It cannot be fixed from recent damage.

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