Friday, December 04, 2020

Too Much 2020: Arecibo Collapse

      If you haven't seen the video of the final guy-wire failure that smashed the antenna platform into the radiotelescope dish, here it is, fixed camera and drone views.

     This is a truly crappy year.
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4 comments:

  1. Stuart (from uk)December 4, 2020 at 12:50 PM

    It is very sad

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  2. RandyGCDecember 4, 2020 at 1:56 PM

    I saw a comment on the internet when the decision was made not to repair Arecibo:

    "Now they can build it on the far side of the Moon, as God and Heinlein intended"

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  3. Will BrownDecember 4, 2020 at 10:41 PM

    I 100% endorse this position.

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  4. rickn8orDecember 5, 2020 at 11:12 AM

    And here, in much more painful detail:

    https://youtu.be/59WQIRvezzI

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