[al baby]

Thats the least of my worries

[Moonman62]

It looks like they’ve been letting it go to seed anyway. Rebuild a better telescope in an area friendlier to the United States.

[billorites]

Can't phone home...

[Steely Tom]

Arecibo’s getting kind of long in the tooth.

[Steely Tom]

It looks a little like the massive, defunct weapon described in Arthur C. Clarke's short novel Against The Fall Of Night. Except that was several miles across.

[RockyTx]

the telescope is no longer useful.

perhaps the land could be re-wilded?

[PAR35]

I remember it falling before in a James Bond movie. Goldeneye?

[PAR35]

It looks like they were already planning to shut it down last January. This may just help things along. https://phys.org/news/2017-01-future-giant-radio-telescope-puerto.html
“The foundation said it expects to make a decision by late 2017 as it awaits completion of a final environmental impact statement”. So the FINAL environmental impact statement should be about ready.

[Wally_Kalbacken]

A good pressure washing, it could use.

[dfwgator]

Looks like it was doomed anyway

Iconic Arecibo Observatory Faces Closure Due To Lack Of Funding

http://www.iflscience.com/space/iconic-arecibo-observatory-faces-closure-due-to-lack-of-funding/

[NY.SS-Bar9]

Just like in Battlefield 4!

[LibWhacker]

First post-Maria pic of Arecibo

[LibWhacker]

[KarlInOhio]

And the signal SETI has been looking for for years comes in tonight.

[minnesota_bound]

The report is a coverup : )
Here is some security camera footage of what really happened.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5qeDCuK_Ag