First of all what a loss to science and asteroid safety observation. Has there been any talk of building a replacement given that dismantling had already been decided. The stars are more wonderful when there is little or no ambient light. I go out to West Virginia at times and love to look at the Milky Way and search for the constellations. Once when I was in Chicoteague, VA, there was a massive power failure for 40 miles up and down the coast. The stars were unbelievably brilliant and about 4 times as large as they normally appeared, and of course a lot more of them.
How about a GoFundMe for it?..................
Wouldn't have to fight the jungle all the time either,
easily accessed, and very dry climate