[catnipman]

two possibilites:

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

2. space aliens who got tired of being eavesdropped on ...

[algore]

I'm not sayin it was Aliens, but it was ALIENS

[blueunicorn6]

Monkeys.

It was those damn monkeys.

Monkeys monkeying around.

[rigelkentaurus]

Purchased a Chinese cable, that is my guess.

[Starboard]

the accident happened at approximately 2:45 a.m. EDT (0645 GMT)

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Middle of the night. Wonder if there are cameras to monitor the facility 24X7?

[Kickass Conservative]

Has David Vincent gotten there yet?

[Moonman62]

Looks like some serious damage:

https://www.ucf.edu/news/files/2020/08/WEBAreciboDishDamage.jpg

[Chode]

nothing else on pr worth destroying, i put my money on the commie/leftists

[rfp1234]

[Vendome]

They will have some time to reflect on this

[fso301]

Surely the maintenance money didn’t go into someones pocket.!

[pepsi_junkie]

The Arecibo Observatory has been shut down indefinitely until the telescope can be repaired. While the observatory is best known for its work in the search for life

So then aliens did it to keep their imminent invasion from being discovered until it was too late.

[ontap]

I'm guessing the cable was sub par as to the specifications asked far due to a kickback by the contractor to a politician!!!

[17th Miss Regt]

I think it was simply racism and white supremacy that caused the problem.

[wolfman]

More engineers, fewer scientists?

[Redcitizen]

this thread is lacking something. Fixed it.