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yer their we go, like I said, its something we don't need to know about. we here earth, mind our own buiness
In November 2007, The Planetary Society urged Congress to prevent the Arecibo Observatory from closing due to insufficient funds, since the radar contributes heavily to the accuracy of asteroid impact prediction, and they believe continued operation will reduce the cost of mitigation (that is, deflection of NEA on collision to Earth), should that be necessary.
Arecibo participated in 90 of the 111 asteroid radar observations in 2005-2007