This is a really sad state of affairs. I've been doing engineering work for the Arecibo observatory for several years and it's taken a beating on funding and seems to always be under a cloud of a partial shutdown.
These are both fantastic basic science facilities and it would be a shame to lose either one. Single antenna terrestrial radio astronomy seems to be falling into funding cracks for on good reason other than it lacks the glamor of a big space launch. This facilities will continue to be very important until something like the SKA can replace them.
jeff AD6EO
John Heaton wrote:
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Please read either the AMSAT-UK website or The Times Online for background information.
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Please sign this petition to save Jodrell Bank.
Bye for now, John
AMSAT-UK: http://www.uk.amsat.org/content/view/637/68/ Times-Online article: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/ science/article3492504.ece
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