Arecibo to be dismantled.

[anon1]

Science | AAAS

www.sciencemag.org

Sad ending for iconic structure.

'GoldenEye' finale telescope in Puerto Rico set to be demolished after structure becomes unsafe

Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico played host to the dramatic final confrontation in the 1995 James Bond adventure 'GoldenEye'.

ca.yahoo.com

 

[y2kmark]

Put the new antenna on the moon. Much better reception up there...

 

[anon1]

Arecibo telescope collapses

Science | AAAS

www.sciencemag.org

 

[anon1]

Exact moment of major Arecibo telescope collapse captured on video

Snap.

mashable.com

 

[basketcase]

Sadly current society doesn't value scientific discovery to invest tax money on it.

 

[HungSowel]

Sadly current society doesn't value scientific discovery to invest tax money on it.

It was more a safety issue and the inevitable. Each pylon has 5-6 cables, when the first cable came loose on one pylon, the plan was to fix it when another cable snapped on the same pylon, they realized some great error had occurred and the structure could fail at any time.

I assume the scientists did the calculation and concluded that arecibo was not a hill worth dying for.

 

[anon1]

Waiting for jeri to claim it was a Chinese plot in destroying Arecibo.

China is opening the world's largest radio telescope up to international scientists

Following the collapse of the historic Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico, China has opened the biggest radio telescope in the world up to international scientists.

www.livescience.com

 

[jcpro]

It was more a safety issue and the inevitable. Each pylon has 5-6 cables, when the first cable came loose on one pylon, the plan was to fix it when another cable snapped on the same pylon, they realized some great error had occurred and the structure could fail at any time.

I assume the scientists did the calculation and concluded that arecibo was not a hill worth dying for.

They should blame the collapse on James Bond. But, seriously nothing can ever substitute regular maintenance especially when the tolerances are so slim as they were on that structure. The missing cable should have been replaced immediately or, the very least, the whole structure lowered to the ground when the fraying began.

 

[Insidious Von]

They built Arecibo on Puerto Rico, the bedrock is stable. What they didn't take into account was hurricanes, the radio telescope got pummeled by them, stresses and the cost of corrective maintenance started to mount. Technology made it obsolete all the same but it was a popular tourist attraction for the island.

https://public.nrao.edu/ask/are-there-space-based-radio-telescopes/