<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space"><div style="word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space"><div style="word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space"><div style="word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space"><div style="word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space"><div style="word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space"><div style="word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space"><div style="word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space"><div style="word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space"><div style="word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space"><div style="word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space"><div style="word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space"><div style="word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space"><div style="word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space"><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space"><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space"><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space"><div style="word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space"><div style="word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space"><div class="gmail_quote"><img id="m_4521758701181659155gmail-m_4108482505318509252gmail-m_8812838433700971889gmail-m_-29999260328924249078267ABD-88B1-4B63-A122-E405EAF0DB6F" src="cid:17d740f09dbf0a0707e1"><br><br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><span style="font-size:14px"><br>Dear Colleagues,</span></div><div class="gmail_quote"><span><div><div class="gmail_quote" style="font-size:12px"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">       </span>Please join us on December 1st at Noon ET to commemorate the tragic collapse of the </span><span style="font-size:14px">Arecibo telescope one year ago.  Prof. Don Campbell will highlight parts of his new book on </span><span style="font-size:14px">the </span><span style="font-size:14px">Observatory (see </span><span style="font-size:14px">below).  </span><span style="font-size:14px">Members of the new ASAP Board will briefly update us on </span><span style="font-size:14px">activities advocating for the Observatory’s future.  And ASAP members and friends will </span><span style="font-size:14px">hare their </span><span style="font-size:14px">short videos </span><span style="font-size:14px">on </span><span style="font-size:14px"><i>What Does </i></span><span style="font-size:14px"><i>Arecibo Mean to You?</i></span><span style="font-size:14px">  </span></div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div></div><div class="gmail_quote" style="font-size:12px"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">              </span>Date: Wednesday, 1st December, 12 noon ET</span></div><div class="gmail_quote" style="font-size:12px"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">               </span>Moderated by ASAP Board Chair, Prof. Héctor Arce</span></div><div class="gmail_quote"><b style="font-size:14px"><i><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">         </span>Please find the zoom link below.</i></b></div><div class="gmail_quote" style="font-size:12px"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">         </span></span></div><div><div class="gmail_quote"><span style="font-size:14px"><b><br></b></span></div><div class="gmail_quote"><span style="font-size:14px"><b>Keynote presentation:</b> </span></div><div class="gmail_quote"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Prof. Don Campbell, former NAIC Director and author of a history of the </span><span style="font-size:14px">Observatory </span><span style="font-size:14px">"Celebrating the William E. Gordon 305m Telescope: Its History and Scientific Achievements"</span></div><span style="font-size:14px"><br>Abstract:<br>This first anniversary of the shocking collapse of the William E. Gordon Telescope is an opportunity to reflect on </span><span style="font-size:14px">the history </span><span style="font-size:14px">of the telescope itself, its amazing scientific achievements and the people who made</span><span style="font-size:14px"> </span><span style="font-size:14px">it all possible.  </span><span style="font-size:14px">In May 1958 William </span><span style="font-size:14px">(Bill) Gordon gave a seminar in the School of Electrical Engineering at Cornell University </span><span style="font-size:14px">in which he outlined the specifications of an antenna and radar system that would</span><span style="font-size:14px"> </span><span style="font-size:14px">be capable of measuring the </span><span style="font-size:14px">electron distribution with height and other properties of the Earth's ionosphere. He also pointed out that the radar </span><span style="font-size:14px">system would be capable of studies of the Sun and nearby</span><span style="font-size:14px"> </span><span style="font-size:14px">planets and that the antenna would also contribute </span><span style="font-size:14px">to the then still new field of radio astronomy. Over the next five and a bit years, Gordon and a small group of </span><span style="font-size:14px">engineers and scientists turned the idea into</span><span style="font-size:14px"> </span><span style="font-size:14px">reality with the completion of the Arecibo telescope in November </span><span style="font-size:14px">1963. The talk will cover the telescope design and construction, some early science successes, the first upgrade </span><span style="font-size:14px">of the telescope in the early</span><span style="font-size:14px"> </span><span style="font-size:14px">1970s, some of the science that this allowed, the second "Gregorian" upgrade in the </span><span style="font-size:14px">1990s and, again, some of the resulting achievements. A large number of talented and dedicated scientists, </span><span style="font-size:14px">engineers and,</span><span style="font-size:14px"> </span><span style="font-size:14px">yes, administrators contributed to the construction of the telescope, to the multiple telescope </span><span style="font-size:14px">and instrument upgrades and to the success of the scientific programs. </span></div><div></div><div class="gmail_quote" style="font-size:12px"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></span></div></span></div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><div><span style="font-size:14px"><br><div style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></div><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Topic: ASAP forum on the Anniversary of the Collapse of the Arecibo Telescope<u></u><u></u></div><div style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Time: Dec 1, 2021 Noon Eastern Time (US and Canada)<u></u><u></u></div><div style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></div><div style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Join Zoom Meeting<u></u><u></u></div><div style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a href="https://arizona.zoom.us/j/82055269372?pwd=V1RCeXZjVWRJZy85UGNCRmhlSWFDQT09" style="color:blue" target="_blank">https://arizona.zoom.us/j/82055269372?pwd=V1RCeXZjVWRJZy85UGNCRmhlSWFDQT09</a><u></u><u></u></div><div style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></div><div style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Password: 970309<u></u><u></u></div><div style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></div><div style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">One tap mobile<u></u><u></u></div><div style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">+16027530140,,82055269372# US (Phoenix)<u></u><u></u></div><div style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">+16699006833,,82055269372# US (San Jose)<u></u><u></u></div><div style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></div><div style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Dial by your location<u></u><u></u></div><div style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">        +1 602 753 0140 US (Phoenix)<u></u><u></u></div><div style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">        +1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose)<u></u><u></u></div><div style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">        +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)<u></u><u></u></div><div style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">        +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)<u></u><u></u></div><div style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">        +1 646 876 9923 US (New York)<u></u><u></u></div><div style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">        +1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC)<u></u><u></u></div><div style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">        +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)<u></u><u></u></div><div style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Meeting ID: 820 5526 9372<u></u><u></u></div><div style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Find your local number: <a href="https://arizona.zoom.us/u/kd47wXCJ3I" style="color:blue" target="_blank">https://arizona.zoom.us/u/kd47wXCJ3I</a><u></u><u></u></div><div style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></div><div style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Join by SIP<u></u><u></u></div><div style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-seri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