[AAA] Fwd: Next Generation Arecibo Telescope

[Ricardo Gil-Hutton]

Hola,

Por favor dar difusión. Gracias.

RGH


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Subject: 	Next Generation Arecibo Telescope
Date: 	Thu, 4 Feb 2021 15:08:43 +0000
From: 	Noemi Pinilla-Alonso <npinilla en ucf.edu>
To: 	Noemi Pinilla-Alonso <npinilla en ucf.edu>



Hi guys,

I hope you all are doing well all through this dark and uncertain year.

For us at the Arecibo Observatory, it has been specially sad, as you may 
know, but we are already working in a bright future for our observatory.
I am reaching out to you to ask for help in disseminating the content of 
a white paper and a form for endorsements from the community, not only 
scientists but also students, teachers, individuals and professional 
associations.

Showing international support is of crucial importance. The idea that we 
present will serve for a bright future of ground-breaking discoveries in 
the fields of Astronomy, Planetary Science, and Space and Atmospheric 
Sciences www.naic.edu/ao/ngat <http://www.naic.edu/ao/ngat>


 From AO, we kindly ask for your endorsement and we would greatly 
appreciate If you could help us to reach out to your colleagues and to 
the communities in your countries.
The text below provides more links and details.

I apologize if you have received this email before.

Un abrazo,
Noemí

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Dear all,

I am Noemi Pinilla-Alonso, the Deputy Principal Scientist at the Arecibo 
Observatory.

I am reaching out to you on behalf of the AO requesting your support 
through endorsement of the white paper “The Future of the 
Arecibo Observatory: The Next Generation Arecibo Telescope,” prepared by 
the AO staff and members of the scientific community.  The white 
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 science requirements presented in the 
white paper were established from discussions with the community that is 
in overwhelming agreement on the need to build an 
enhanced, next-generation radar-radio telescope at the AO site.

This 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 NGAT 
concept presented here is not intended to be final, but it lays the 
groundwork for engineering and optical studies to begin.

The community support of this white paper is a crucial factor in the 
future of AO. Thus, we kindly ask for your endorsement as 
the representative of this group with interest in Planetary Science, 
Space and Atmospheric Sciences, and Astronomy. We have provided 
a template of endorsement (link included below), which we encourage you 
to alter as needed.

You can also help AO by sharing the link to an online form (provided 
below) where the individuals in your group can send their 
personal endorsement after consideration of the content of this white 
paper. Our goal is to collect the majority of endorsements by February 
10th.

• To access this White Paper and more related information 
www.naic.edu/ao/ngat <http://www.naic.edu/ao/ngat>

• To access this White Paper and more related information:  The Next 
Generation Arecibo Telescope 
http://www.naic.edu/NGAT/NGAT_WhitePaper_v2_01022021.pdf 
<http://www.naic.edu/NGAT/NGAT_WhitePaper_v2_01022021.pdf>

         • For your organization to endorse this letter, please email 
the letter to npinilla en ucf.edu <mailto:npinilla en ucf.edu> 
http://www.naic.edu/NGAT/Organization_Template_Letter_v2.0.pdf 
<http://www.naic.edu/NGAT/Organization_Template_Letter_v2.0.pdf>

         • For individuals to endorse this white paper: The Future of 
Arecibo Endorsement Form:https://forms.gle/uKPF36H3mBwiizrY9 
<https://forms.gle/uKPF36H3mBwiizrY9>


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*Noemi Pinilla-Alonso, PhD *

Associate in Planetary Science — Florida Space Institute
Deputy Principal Scientist — Arecibo Observatory

Florida Space Institute, University of Central Florida
12354 Research Parkway
Partnership 1 Building, Suite 214
Orlando, FL, 32826

Orlando office: +1 407 823 6169
Arecibo office: 787 878 2612 ext. 294


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Dr. Ricardo Gil-Hutton
Grupo de Ciencias Planetarias
Dpto. de Geofísica y Astronomía
FCEFN-UNSJ y CONICET
Av. José I. de la Roza Oeste 590
J5402DCS - San Juan - Argentina
Phone : +54-264-4260353
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