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Arecibo Observatory Collapses
El Vocero (Spanish language - looking for English source) ^
| 12/01/2020
Posted on 12/01/2020 4:37:35 AM PST by cll
The Arecibo Observatory's platform collapsed this morning due to structural failure.
In mid-November, the National Science Foundation had announced that the Observatory would be dismantled because of the danger it posed.
(Excerpt) Read more at elvocero.com ...
TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: arecibo; astronomy; observatory; puertorico; science; seti
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The watch capabilities for Near Earth Objects just took an immense hit.
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posted on
12/01/2020 4:37:35 AM PST
by
cll
To: cll
did lack of maintenance caused the cable failure?
To: cll
F'ing Bond...
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posted on
12/01/2020 4:39:19 AM PST
by
EEGator
To: cll
The bigger they are, the harder they fall.
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posted on
12/01/2020 4:39:58 AM PST
by
Governor Dinwiddie
(Guide me, O thou great redeemer, pilgrim through this barren land.)
To: mad_as_he$$
did lack of maintenance caused the cable failure? In a word...yes.
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posted on
12/01/2020 4:41:02 AM PST
by
Politically Correct
(A member of the rabble in good standing)
To: Ebenezer; AuH2ORepublican; livius; adorno; wtc911; Willie Green; Clemenza; Narcoleptic; paltz; ...
Puerto Rico Ping! Please Freepmail me if you want on or off the list.
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posted on
12/01/2020 4:43:30 AM PST
by
cll
(Serviam!)
To: Politically Correct
Sad. A national asset neglected is just sad.
To: mad_as_he$$; Politically Correct
An two huge hurricanes and a series of earthquakes.
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posted on
12/01/2020 4:44:46 AM PST
by
cll
(Serviam!)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
12/01/2020 4:45:45 AM PST
by
cll
(Serviam!)
The end of a technological era.
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posted on
12/01/2020 4:53:17 AM PST
by
Clutch Martin
(The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but thahat t the lightning ain't distributed right.)
To: Clutch Martin
This morning (top) and how it looked just yesterday:
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posted on
12/01/2020 4:58:14 AM PST
by
cll
(Serviam!)
To: mad_as_he$$
All is not lost. Turn it into a giant skate park! Imagine going around that bowl!
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posted on
12/01/2020 5:00:26 AM PST
by
Torahman
(Remember the Maccabees)
To: cll
It is hard not to look at that and realize that without humans to maintain structures, they will be swallowed up by nature pretty quickly.
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posted on
12/01/2020 5:10:26 AM PST
by
rlmorel
("I’d rather enjoy a risky freedom than a safe servitude." Robby Dinero, USMC Veteran, Gym Owner)
To: cll
To: mad_as_he$$
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posted on
12/01/2020 5:11:48 AM PST
by
Larry Lucido
(Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
To: Larry Lucido
lol... that had occurred to me!
To: Larry Lucido
It is where Jodie Foster’s character worked in Contact...
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posted on
12/01/2020 5:17:20 AM PST
by
EEGator
To: Torahman
1.8 MILLION pounds of equipment fell on that dish.
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posted on
12/01/2020 5:24:21 AM PST
by
cll
(Serviam!)
To: cll
To: EEGator
It is where Jodie Foster’s character worked in Contact... Well, it is one of them. In the first part of the movie, she was working at Aricebo (where she met 'Palmer Joss', played by Matthew McConaughey). The place where she made her 'discovery' was the Very Large Array in New Mexico.
It's a damned shame and a loss to science.
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posted on
12/01/2020 5:37:30 AM PST
by
hoagy62
(DTCM&OTTH)
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