Letter: Why did they let an iconic telescope fall apart?

Published 30 December 2020

From John Davies, Lancaster, Lancashire, UK

I am furious at the collapse of the Arecibo telescope (2 December 2020, online). How was this allowed to happen? Puerto Rico is an unincorporated territory of the US, not of a low-income nation.

Issue no. 3315 published 2 January 2021

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