Bryon Leigh Hatch and Arecibo have passed on.
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Bryon Leigh Hatch and Arecibo have passed on.
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Eric Korpela   Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 1382 Credit: 54,506,847 RAC: 60 
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We got two pieces of really bad news yesterday. Byron Leigh Hatch, founder of the Carl Sagan team, all around smart and thoughtful guy, and a setizen since shortly after SETI@home began in 1999, passed away in August. There is a thread for leaving remembrances here. He will be missed. And, of course, we were informed of the collapse of the elevated structure at Arecibo. It was clear after the second cable broke, the structure would come down soon. As much as we were unhappy that the repair efforts had to be abandoned because of the danger, it's clear now that it was the right call. It's our hope that we will find national support for building new scientific facilities on Puerto Rico in the near future. @SETIEric@qoto.org (Mastodon) 
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HTH Send message Joined: 8 Jul 00 Posts: 691 Credit: 909,237 RAC: 0 
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We got two pieces of really bad news yesterday. Byron Leigh Hatch, founder of the Carl Sagan team, all around smart and thoughtful guy, and a setizen since shortly after SETI@home began in 1999, passed away in August. There is a thread for leaving remembrances here. He will be missed. My condolences to Byron's family and friends. :( Henri. |
 UBT - Timbo Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 157 Credit: 10,720,947 RAC: 362 
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Double sad news... 2020 really is proving itself to be a really bad year for many people and many other "stalwarts" that we have come to depend on. Condolences to the Hatch family...and perhaps a nice, rich entrepreneur might help fund a spanking new telescope at Puerto Rico, once the site has been cleared and made safe. regards, Tim Founder, UK BOINC Team Join us @ UK BOINC Team: http://www.ukboincteam.org.uk/newforum 
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bluestar Send message Joined: 5 Sep 12 Posts: 7234 Credit: 2,084,789 RAC: 3 |
Reads "the the" in the second paragraph on the front page. |
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marsinph Send message Joined: 7 Apr 01 Posts: 172 Credit: 23,823,824 RAC: 0 
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Condolences to the family. I have dream : an Arecibo NG ( next generation) soon ? 
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ShootY  Send message Joined: 15 Jan 11 Posts: 71 Credit: 21,700,959 RAC: 41 
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Sad news. RIP! Here is the latest video about the collapse: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3AASKr_iHc  
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Mr. Kevvy    Send message Joined: 15 May 99 Posts: 3797 Credit: 1,114,826,392 RAC: 3,319 
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Reads "the the" in the second paragraph on the front page. Good eye... I have passed this on to Dr. Korpela and thanks. 
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ML1 Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 20944 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20
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Sad news. RIP! Thanks for that. That is literally as the cables broke! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3AASKr_iHc All a very sad end and a big loss of some unique one-of-a-kind capabilities. We really do need to realign the politics of funding Science... Keep searchin'! Martin See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) |
ravkin  Send message Joined: 14 Aug 09 Posts: 20 Credit: 11,165,042 RAC: 158
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Condolences to the family. fast radio telescope = the new arecibo |
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tullio Send message Joined: 9 Apr 04 Posts: 8797 Credit: 2,930,782 RAC: 1 
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In the last weeks before SETI "hibernation" I used to see on my screensaver the tag Breakthrough Listen and I knew data were coming from Green Bank, which has not collapsed like a previous antenna. What is Breakthrough Listen doing now? Arecibo was not in its program. And what is ATA doing? Tullio |
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Joaquim Gomez Vela Send message Joined: 1 Feb 20 Posts: 1 Credit: 11,063 RAC: 0 
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Byron Leigh Hatch fue alguien muy interesante. Radiotelescopio de Arecibo a hecho un gran trabajo asta ahora, creo que hubiera merecido la pena invertir más dinero para que el telescopio continuara trabajando, era bueno en su trabajo & podría continuar siéndolo, una pena |
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Michael Watson Send message Joined: 7 Feb 08 Posts: 1386 Credit: 2,098,506 RAC: 5 |
In the last weeks before SETI "hibernation" I used to see on my screensaver the tag Breakthrough Listen and I knew data were coming from Green Bank, which has not collapsed like a previous antenna. What is Breakthrough Listen doing now? Arecibo was not in its program. And what is ATA doing? Breakthrough Listen is still doing SETI monitoring at Green Bank Observatory. The current schedule reports that they will be active today from 19:30 to 00:00 Eastern Standard Time, and from 00:00 to 7:30, tomorrow. Please find a link to the GB schedule, below: https://dss.gb.nrao.edu/schedule/public |
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tullio Send message Joined: 9 Apr 04 Posts: 8797 Credit: 2,930,782 RAC: 1
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In the last weeks before SETI "hibernation" I used to see on my screensaver the tag Breakthrough Listen and I knew data were coming from Green Bank, which has not collapsed like a previous antenna. What is Breakthrough Listen doing now? Arecibo was not in its program. And what is ATA doing? Thanks. I see that they are also searching for low frequency gravitational waves, using pulsars as timing clocks. Tullio |
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OzzyCat Send message Joined: 10 Oct 00 Posts: 3 Credit: 1,201,661 RAC: 0 
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Pretty sad news, and that YouTube video reminds me of the ending of a James Bond movie. Guess the Amazon CEO (what's her name again) and that Tesla CEO (what's her name again) should be able to fund a nice big antenna and place it on the Dark side of the Moon. They seem kind of bored anyway, and should have some nice new project to play with. Guess they don't have the skills or guts to pull this off. |
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tullio Send message Joined: 9 Apr 04 Posts: 8797 Credit: 2,930,782 RAC: 1
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Jeff Bezos (Amazon) is the richest man on the Earth and Elon Musk is the second. Bezos is not interested in space, while Musk wants to send people to Mars. He is not interested in the Moon. Tullio |
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Juan Jose de Onate, M0WWA Send message Joined: 14 Feb 00 Posts: 17 Credit: 3,625,997 RAC: 6
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I wonder if the close of SETI@home and the Arecibo end are related in some way. |
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ML1 Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 20944 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20
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I wonder if the close of SETI@home and the Arecibo end are related in some way. Yes with due respect to lack of Science funding. Meanwhile, the politicians play with their vastly more expensive political toys... Keep searchin'! Martin See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) |
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dmeintzer Send message Joined: 11 Mar 13 Posts: 1 Credit: 4,881 RAC: 0
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I just saw this news. I am so sorry. Prayers for him and his family. |
perfectslave  Send message Joined: 19 Feb 04 Posts: 5 Credit: 7,568,393 RAC: 8
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Bloo Mahrz says: we will rebuild! Thank you for delivering the news even when it's difficult. Incredible that my own PC got to process radio from Arecibo over the years. We can't let Byron Hatch down! I'm sure there's a promising signal bouncing off the Earth's atmosphere every day. We just got to know when and where to look. This will be the greatest human discovery of all time. We can't let these Noble Scientists and Researchers die without their work being realized. I didn't know you Barry but my thoughts and positive vibes go out to your friends and family. Stay Save Everyone. |
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perfectslave Send message Joined: 19 Feb 04 Posts: 5 Credit: 7,568,393 RAC: 8
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You haven't heard of Blue Origin? |
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