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

[Jacek Radzikowski]

That's a big loss. Thankfully at least we can still see the telescope it
its full glory in Balint Seeber's "Arecibo Uncut", filmed when he was
working on the ISEE-3 reboot project
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPmwwVknVIiUlPbkfBUY1ebP_8hA_4q8j

Jacek
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On Tue, Dec 1, 2020 at 2:01 PM Rob Seastrom <rs at seastrom.com> wrote:

>
> 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/
>
> Photos:
>
>
> 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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