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Martin From Canada01 Dec 2020 9:42 a.m. PST

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The Arecibo Observatory is gone. Its 900-ton instrument platform, suspended above a dish in the karst hills of Puerto Rico, collapsed this morning, at about 8 a.m. local time, says Ramon Lugo, director of the Florida Space Institute at the University of Central Florida, which manages the 57-year-old radio telescope for the National Science Foundation (NSF). On 19 November, NSF decided to decommission the observatory following two cable breaks that put the platform on the brink of collapse. But in the end, it couldn't survive long enough for a controlled demolition.

That's the telescope from the James Bond film Goldeneye

Martin From Canada01 Dec 2020 9:55 a.m. PST

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Wilbert Andrés Ruperto with some photos

John the OFM01 Dec 2020 10:58 a.m. PST

Maintenance of the infrastructure is always first in line for budget cuts. The new and shiny always takes precedence.

Eclectic Wave01 Dec 2020 1:45 p.m. PST

And of course replacing that facility is a lot more expensive then the maintenance would have been. Which means it won't be replaced.

ScottWashburn Sponsoring Member of TMP02 Dec 2020 5:21 a.m. PST

Well, Bond is the one who brought it down. Send the bill to MI6.

Shagnasty Supporting Member of TMP06 Dec 2020 12:18 p.m. PST

It is amazing we can build great stuff like this but can't spend the money to maintain it. RIP

altfritz07 Dec 2020 2:20 p.m. PST

What the OFM said. We have far more roads than is affordable to maintain, particularly when one considers the damage done every winter.

Personal logo StoneMtnMinis Supporting Member of TMP07 Dec 2020 8:09 p.m. PST

Let's see, build it in an area subject to tropical storms and hurricanes. Hmmm, sounds like a political payoff decision instead of sound judgement.

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