Wanda Vázquez allocates $ 8 million for the reconstruction of Arecibo’s radio telescope

Governor Wanda Vázquez Garced announced this month the $ 8 million allotment for the reconstruction and eventual operation of the Arecibo Observatory.

Mediante orden executive, the governor assigned the dinero and further declared the area where the observatory was enclaved as a historical zone.

The executive order provides that the reconstruction of the observatory is part of the public policy of the government of Puerto Rico.

“The governor of Puerto Rico agrees that the radio telescope’s collapse has a great opportunity to redesign, taking into account the lessons learned and the recommendations of the scientific community in order to be relevant for decades,” said Váz. official of La Fortaleza.

It is stated that the presumption should cover the remodeling and disposition of the exchanges and the design of the new radio telescope.

The observatory’s radio telescope collapsed on December 1st.

“For 57 years, this facility has the prestige of global prestige as an investigation facility with the capacity to carry out scientific discoveries,” the governor said.

During the announcement, the governor was accompanied by the director of the observatory, Francisco Córdova; Gerardo Morrell, Director of Physics at the University of Puerto Rico and Carlos Padín, Professor of Science.