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Originally Posted by GH85Carrera
The VLA is in the USA, and has more resolution. Aercibo was state of the art 50 years ago, but science has moved on, and no one scientist wants to live in Puerto Rico now.
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I'm told that Arecibo had abilities that are unmatched anywhere else in the world - not even the bigly one in ... China.
The comment about NASA's budget is likely mis-placed as $$ for Arecibo would likely be a line-item; not to mention the fact that NASA has LOTS of different sciences and science education it needs to fund.