The Arecibo Observatory (AO) staff, together with members of the scientific community, prepared the white paper “The Future of the Arecibo Observatory: The Next Generation Arecibo Telescope”.
This paper presents a proposal to replace the legacy 305-m Arecibo telescope with a new, unparalleled instrument that will push forward the boundaries of the Planetary Science, Space and Atmospheric Sciences, and Astronomy for decades to come.
The white paper will be presented to the National Science Foundation (NSF) and will be shared this month with key stakeholders from both private and public sectors to request support for the construction of the Next Generation Arecibo Telescope (NGAT).
The community support of this white paper is a crucial factor, thus community members are kindly asked to sign this form of endorsement for the white paper and to share it with colleagues and students in the science community and out of it. The goal is to collect the majority of endorsements by February 10th.
For your organization to endorse this letter, please email the letter to pedrina.santos@ucf.edu. Click here for the template.
For individuals to endorse this white paper, click here.
Find full information and the white paper here.