ROT54: Armenia's Forgotten Space Giant
ROT54: Armenia's Forgotten Space Giant

ROT54: Armenia's Forgotten Space Giant

October 03, 2022 | 25 min

Armenian radio-engineer Arevik Sargsyan has struggled throughout her life to preserve ROT54, a giant telescope built by her uncle in the 1980s. But the collapse of the Soviet Union meant that ROT54 was left abandoned for 30 years. Now, Arevik is attempting to take control of the telescope and prove it still works.

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