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omegaworks on May 18, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: Arecibo Observatory Detects Mysterious, Energetic ...

> As the National Science Foundation (NSF), which owns Arecibo Observatory, cannot legally carry insurance on its facilities, there is no clear source of funding to carry out such a massive repair.

This seems so absurd. Why cant NSF facilities be insured?

lutorm on May 18, 2014 [–]

AFAIK, doesn't the entire federal government self-insure?

maaku on May 18, 2014 | [–]

What does that mean? The government pays... itself? How is that different than no insurance?

prawn on May 19, 2014 | | [–]

Presumably they set aside an amount of money based on risk factors and so on. No insurance would mean not having any preparation in place at all.

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