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Message 2039837 - Posted: 23 Mar 2020, 11:32:13 UTC

So I don't check as often as I used used to, and have only just seen that SAH is going into "suspension", but I haven't been able to see what is happening with Astropulse.
As all the relevant threads are now up to 30 pages or more, sorting through them to find out is somewhat impractical. .....
So can someone please tell me if AP will continue or is it going into hibernation as well ?

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Message 2039862 - Posted: 23 Mar 2020, 12:58:43 UTC

Since AstroPulse relies on the data stream from Arecibo it will fade away soon after the last "tape" from there is split.
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Message 2040074 - Posted: 24 Mar 2020, 12:19:56 UTC - in response to Message 2039862.  

Since AstroPulse relies on the data stream from Arecibo it will fade away soon after the last "tape" from there is split.


Is there any chance it could be re-funded as a "Pulsar search" with a little Seti@Home on the side?

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Message 2040090 - Posted: 24 Mar 2020, 13:26:24 UTC

Einstein@home runs a pulsar search using Arecibo data.
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Message 2040129 - Posted: 24 Mar 2020, 16:51:09 UTC - in response to Message 2040074.  

Get writing the grant and funding applications.
You will need funding for at least a couple servers, access and datalink link to Arecibo (in the old days the link was air freight of disks), staff (development and operational), hardware hosting with bandwidth charges etc.
And remember what Eric & DA have said about his Eric's time being dedicated to Nebula for an indeterminate time, so he may not be as available as he has been.
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