[DAC21]

“1. substandard engineering and/or poor maintenance in a 3rd world rain-forest where everything constantly rusts, corrodes and rots ...

^^^^^^^^^^^

The video I saw of the damage, it sure appears that the whole facility was in need of a coat of paint it looked a bit run down. I guess Hollywood wasn’t in town to shoot another movie around the facility. (Contact / GoldenEye)

[PUGACHEV]

In that part of Puerto Rico the elements are very hard on any man-made structure. If it isn’t in a blistering hot rain forest, it is right beside one. Paint and other nice finishes will not last more than a year or two.

BTW, the Aricebo dish is incredibly large. For me anyway, most things are larger in my imagination than they are in real life. Cathedrals, battlefields, and even the Grand Canyon, were smaller than I thought they would be. Surprizingly, dish at Arecibo was much, much larger than I imagined.