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BumRushDaShow

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5. I did 20 years of SETI @ Home with a team, before they finally shut that down

Reply to Recursion (Original post)

Thu Nov 19, 2020, 05:18 PM

Nov 2020

I think last year (although there are many other distributed computer projects going and SETI was using other scopes too).

It's a shame that as it aged, the funding to maintain it was slowly decreasing and then I know Hurricane Maria really did it in.

Always think about this from the movie "Contact" -

And it was featured in other films. It was pretty iconic.

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Famed Arecibo telescope, on the brink of collapse, will be dismantled [View all] Recursion Nov 2020 OP

One of the man-made wonders of the world, it was. MineralMan Nov 2020 #1

If the whole site is going to be gone, maybe they can replace the telescope with trees. sakabatou Nov 2020 #2

I hope the Biden administration science team will propose a suitable modern replacement. lagomorph777 Nov 2020 #3

This message was self-deleted by its author LudwigPastorius Nov 2020 #4

I did 20 years of SETI @ Home with a team, before they finally shut that down BumRushDaShow Nov 2020 #5

They built it once, they could build it again. Assuming there is still a need for it. patphil Nov 2020 #6

Paul Allen has an array in California BumRushDaShow Nov 2020 #8

The larger arrays using VLBI are far far superior. joshcryer Nov 2020 #9

For everything there is a first time. Mr. Evil Nov 2020 #7