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From near the end of the next Angel of... story. After WWII, three of the superhumans who helped the Allies win are discussing their plans. Two decide they're just going to get away from it all:
"We're going away," said Sutter. "Marie and I have found this place, in Puerto Rico, not far from an old Spanish city but out in the country. It has this bowl-shaped valley. We can lie in the bottom of the bowl and watch the stars go by overhead with no interference."
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With "luck" ...
They'll find out where the Arecibo radio telescope gets built ...
"Arecibo" being the name of
"Arecibo" being the name of the small city nearby where she grew up. Oh, and I've changed her
name to Maria.
Just passing through...
So who broke the telescope?
I always figured it was aliens who had something out there they didn't want
us to discover who smashed the Arecibo radio telescope a few years ago
but now I'm suspecting it was some super villain tussling with your heroes.
My superhero friends tell me the worst part of the whole costumed crimefighter gig
is getting the bill for wrecking a whole downtown area in a battle with Dr Badguy
and the steep cost of superhero insurance.
~hugs, Veronica
The Potato says:
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/o4jTclx61Tc
Sorry, no aliens ...
... just damage from multiple storms. Lack of funding for required repair/maintenance was 'the last straw'.
Fortunately, by the time of its catastrophic failure, we had a lot of bigger and more capable radio telescopes. So it's sad, but at least not a tragic loss to radio astronomy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arecibo_Telescope
For many years, I had my computer processing Arecibo data as part of the SETI at home project. (https://setiathome.berkeley.edu/)
A popular thought is that, if space aliens are smart enough to do interstellar travel, they are also smart enough to not reveal themselves.