Arecibo to be dismantled |
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Arecibo to be dismantled |
 Nov 19 2020, 07:06 PM
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Member  Group: Members Posts: 287 Joined: 31-August 05 From: Florida & Texas, USA Member No.: 482  |
Repairs to failed support cables is considered too dangerous and the telescope may collapse.
https://www.npr.org/2020/11/19/936677582/wo...o-be-dismantled |
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Nov 19 2020, 09:53 PM
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 Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1782 Joined: 13-February 10 From: Ontario Member No.: 5221 |
Terrible news for all involved, especially for the radar observations of NEOs. But nothing to be done about it...
And the data will be pored over for decades to come, there is no doubt. |
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Dec 1 2020, 05:17 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1455 Joined: 14-October 05 From: Vermont Member No.: 530 |
AP is reporting that Arecibo dismantled itself
https://apnews.com/article/technology-areci...bf0c752348e712e https://twitter.com/DeborahTiempo/status/13...5571072/photo/1 https://twitter.com/Rodrig_clan/status/1333...0033291/photo/1 |
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Dec 3 2020, 04:35 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1782 Joined: 13-February 10 From: Ontario Member No.: 5221 |
Footage from cameras and drones of the collapse has been released: https://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/arecibo/
Not for the faint-heated....this is rather like watching a rocket launch fail, to use an UMSF metaphor. |
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Dec 3 2020, 11:27 PM
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 Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1366 Joined: 5-March 05 From: Boulder, CO Member No.: 184 |
I saw an opinion that this type of event was to be anticipated with hurricanes and earthquakes happening over the years. Hopefully this will get rebuilt just like Green Bank did.
-------------------- Steve [ my planetary maps page ]
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Dec 4 2020, 12:06 AM
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 Member Group: Members Posts: 119 Joined: 13-October 09 From: Olympus Mons Member No.: 4972 |
That is just heartbreaking to watch!
It's more like if the Hubble Space Telescope reached the end of it's life. I hope it gets rebuilt even bigger with new technology. I'd hate to have been the operator of that drone! -------------------- "Thats no moon... IT'S A TRAP!"
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