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by cclogg 4396 days ago
Whoa I did not know anything about this story until now ><

On a related note, I also just noticed that the "Arecibo Radio Observatory" was in Goldeneye!
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duskwuff 4396 days ago
The Arecibo observatory has the world's largest radio telescope. They're very well known -- while they've been involved with a lot of space research, they're particularly famous for being the transmit site for the Arecibo Message:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arecibo_message

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ToastyMallows 4395 days ago
It was also in the movie Contact, if I remember correctly.
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