"Arecibo Telescope Collapses" Topic
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Martin From Canada | 01 Dec 2020 9:42 a.m. PST |
link 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 Canada | 01 Dec 2020 9:55 a.m. PST |
link Wilbert Andrés Ruperto with some photos |
John the OFM | 01 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 Wave | 01 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 | 02 Dec 2020 5:21 a.m. PST |
Well, Bond is the one who brought it down. Send the bill to MI6. |
Shagnasty | 06 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 |
altfritz | 07 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. |
StoneMtnMinis | 07 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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