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But is the star map there? This article seems to imply that it got demolished in 2022: https://www.oskarjwhansen.org/news/save-the-star-map

If so that is somewhat ironic. A message intended to communicate a date to thousands of years into the future got demolished a mere 86 years after its creation due to a drainage issue and a contract dispute.

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I'd have to look at what it looked like before, but when I visited there earlier this month, I didn't see any restoration in progress and the star map was open. I didn't take a ton of photos in that area, and here are the only two of the monument I grabbed:

https://photos.app.goo.gl/qgJ3x5za82EiFz5P7

From my cursory web searches, your photos may be the first online evidence that the restoration project was indeed completed.

This is the second-best way to doxx HN users I've ever seen.

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Thank you for the confirmation! This is so good to hear.

It is currently under reconstruction, it sounds like much of it was beyond salvage and has to be remade but it is difficult to find much info on this, bits and pieces strewn about the web. The project was resumed in 2023 and the BOR stated they were still committed to reconstructing the star map. In 2024 they completed the new underlayment and I have yet to find anything from 2025 other than that Monument plaza is still closed to the public.

It's in pieces, evidenced here: https://www.oskarjwhansen.org/news/save-the-star-map-decembe...

At a loss for words. :|

This is horrible! I always wanted to visit this. :(

That is a crime of humanity. Terrible!

The same website says that as of 2024, it is slowly being reconstructed: https://www.oskarjwhansen.org/news/2024-hoover-dam-star-map-...

On Google maps, someone posted a photo from 9 months ago, explaining the restoration.

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