wonder where all the maintenance money went???Ping!.........................
Which James Bond movie was that featured in?
Take the debris and pile it next to all the water bottles.
Well, it could be rebuilt,
there is a premade perfect site at Winslow, NM
3,900 feet across and 560 feet deep
Wouldn’t have to fight the jungle all the time either,
easily accessed, and very dry climate
A large number of (slightly radioactive) smaller conical indentations are available a bit north of Mercury, Nevada at Nevada Testing site that might be repurposed as radio-observatories
Guess ET won’t be able to phone home.
Aliens don’t like to have their privacy violated.
Wow what a shame. Time to buy a new one I guess. (/sarc-off)
The iconic telescope has been in a precarious state since August, when an auxiliary cable supporting the equipment platform broke and fell through the radio dish, leaving a 100-foot-long gash in its reflective panels. The situation became more dire in early November, when one of the main cables supporting the equipment platform also snapped, leaving the telescope on the brink of a catastrophic collapse. Inspections revealed that other cables were showing signs of weakening and degradation, and over the last couple of weeks, engineers spotted ruptured strands and other signs of impending danger.
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Arecibo Observatory is an analog of any government. Constructed a long time ago. It worked well initially. It worked well for may years. However, thru neglect or incompetence, weakness and corruption creeps into the system. Then the first warning signs of failure. Finally, utter catastrophic collapse.
Yet you failed to maintain the facility...........
wonder where all the maintenance money went???This is somehow Trump’s fault.
“My old man is a television repairman, he’s got this ultimate set of tools. I can fix it.”
A little pointing up here and there and good as new.
It was not the first time the receivers have fallen.
I think the fight that 007 had at the site weaken the structure.
Used in GlodenEye James Bond movie and also in CONTACT with Jodie Foster and Matthew McConaughey ...
Now it’s trash because one serviced this equipment and pocketed the funds ... typical!
This is a very sad end to a great era in astronomy.
I hope it is reconstructed, and soon.
It’s too bad. Green Bank’s big array fell right over once upon a time, but was replaced with a better and more capable dish.
https://freerepublic.com/focus/news/3911081/posts