# Arecibo is down **URL:** \ **Category:** Out Of Pod Experience\ **Created:** [December 6, 2020, 3:39pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/arecibo-is-down/283948 "2020-12-06T15:39:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rana\_Ash](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/rana_ash/32/374123_2.png) [@Rana\_Ash](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Rana_Ash)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2020, 3:39pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/arecibo-is-down/283948/1 "2020-12-06T15:39:20Z")
I guess ya’ll have seen or heard about this already, this will not be an easy fix… [![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/original/3X/0/a/0a99efd5177ff15e4ff3f0faa23114291da0a921.jpeg "Analyzing Video Footage Of Collapse of Massive Arecibo Telescope") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59WQIRvezzI) ---
**Author:** ![Red-Sonja](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/red-sonja/32/254178_2.png) [@Red-Sonja](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Red-Sonja)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2020, 9:27pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/arecibo-is-down/283948/2 "2020-12-06T21:27:25Z")
> [@Rana\_Ash](#): > > this will not be an easy fix… They’re better off building a new one. ---
**Author:** ![Shipwreck\_Jones](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/shipwreck_jones/32/274382_2.png) [@Shipwreck\_Jones](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Shipwreck_Jones)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2020, 9:35pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/arecibo-is-down/283948/3 "2020-12-06T21:35:24Z")
Yeah, I heard that they had planned to tear it down even before the center array thingy came crashing down. Anyway, sci show news has a video where they talk about how it worked, and some of the discoveries made with it. [![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/original/3X/7/3/733ac7a17ed91e6e42febabf6f12061cf8c10170.jpeg "A Farewell to the Arecibo Observatory | SciShow News") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qs6JHLQG_RY) ---
**Author:** ![Nana\_Skalski](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/nana_skalski/32/489985_2.png) [@Nana\_Skalski](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Nana_Skalski)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2020, 9:44pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/arecibo-is-down/283948/4 "2020-12-06T21:44:12Z")
Rip the only way to communicate with aliens halfway to the center of the galaxy. ---
**Author:** ![Gleb\_Koskov](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/gleb_koskov/32/374138_2.png) [@Gleb\_Koskov](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Gleb_Koskov)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2020, 9:52pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/arecibo-is-down/283948/5 "2020-12-06T21:52:20Z")
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**Author:** ![Xuxe\_Xu](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/xuxe_xu/32/464660_2.png) [@Xuxe\_Xu](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Xuxe_Xu)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2020, 10:48pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/arecibo-is-down/283948/6 "2020-12-06T22:48:42Z")
Oh man… Well, I look forward to seeing what will be built there to also contribute greatly to science. …and Scott Manley videos are nice… ---
**Author:** ![Mu\_ad\_Diib](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/mu_ad_diib/32/389247_2.png) [@Mu\_ad\_Diib](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Mu_ad_Diib)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2020, 3:00am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/arecibo-is-down/283948/7 "2020-12-07T03:00:08Z")
Very sad news. On a bunch of level this was a very special radio telescope, aside of the fact that it was part of the SETI programme and also featured in the movie ‘Contact’. I think @Red-Sonja is almost certainly correct in saying that it’d be better to build a new one, although It’d be nice if there was a way of building a new radio telescope, in the style of the old one, but with the vastly improved technology and build methods that have come into existence since it was built (_1963 - it was 58 years old - [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arecibo\_Observatory](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arecibo_Observatory)_) ---
**Author:** ![Rana\_Ash](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/rana_ash/32/374123_2.png) [@Rana\_Ash](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Rana_Ash)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2020, 3:49pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/arecibo-is-down/283948/8 "2020-12-07T15:49:32Z")
> [@Red-Sonja](#): > > They’re better off building a new one. As Scoot manley said, they don’t receive as much funding. And with other stuff around i don’t think the’ll prioritize Arecibo 2.0, just the clean up will take a long time… ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/original/3X/4/1/41ec4921cbaca7a6f9ea556e7cc20018461eae5e.png) [@system](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2021, 3:49pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/arecibo-is-down/283948/9 "2021-03-07T15:49:37Z")
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