Fate of Arecibo no longer up in the air (was: Re: looks like Arecibo is down for the count)

[Rob Seastrom]

Looks like the remaining cables failed last night or this morning.

https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/12/arecibo-radio-telescopes-massive-instrument-platform-has-collapsed/ <https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/12/arecibo-radio-telescopes-massive-instrument-platform-has-collapsed/>

Photos:

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/12/arecibo-telescope-collapses-ending-57-year-run <https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/12/arecibo-telescope-collapses-ending-57-year-run>

-r


> On Nov 20, 2020, at 7:20 PM, Terry N4TLF <n4tlf at wb4jfi.com> wrote:
> 
> Yes, I saw this yesterday.  Another great scientific loss.  There is a larger one in China..... but it's in China.
> Terry, N4TLF
> 
> -----Original Message----- From: Rob Seastrom
> Sent: Friday, November 20, 2020 6:44 PM
> To: Tacos
> Subject: looks like Arecibo is down for the count
> 
> 
> Somehow I missed that a second cable had snapped earlier this month, following up on the hurricane damage and first snapped cable in August.
> 
> https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/legendary-arecibo-telescope-will-close-forever-and-scientists-are-reeling/
> 
> -r
> 
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