Snapped Cable Damages Arecibo Observatory Radio Telescope.
The Arecibo Radio Telescope is one of the most famous astronomical observatories in the world, and for a long time was the world's largest. On Monday night a support cable snapped and fell into the reflector dish, damaging the reflector panels, it also crashed into the side of the gregorian dome which includes the secondard and tertiary reflectors.
Snapped Cable Damages Arecibo Observatory Radio Telescope.
The Arecibo Radio Telescope is one of the most famous astronomical observatories in the world, and for a long time was the world's largest. On Monday night a support cable snapped and fell into the reflector dish, damaging the reflector panels, it also crashed into the side of the gregorian dome which includes the secondary and tertiary reflectors.
Yet another reason to cut the cable and go wireless.
Another wire on the rig snapped and caused additional damage. The 57 year old telescope cannot be repaired without putting people in great risk. It's a total loss and will be demolished. Goodbye old friend.
Another wire on the rig snapped and caused additional damage. The 57 year old telescope cannot be repaired without putting people in great risk. It's a total loss and will be demolished. Goodbye old friend.
I'm thinking about starting a conspiracy theory: the telescope was destroyed intentionally by aliens because it was too close to their secret base and was picking up their movements.
Yeah. It fell down due to inbuilt rot long before ET could phone home via the return call. That's a pretty short lived 'great filter' if you ask me. Does not bode well for the, erm . . . near to medium term future let alone the far off future. T'were little more than a little bubble of 'boom' in a s***fest of 'bust.' Everything run down in little more than half a century. There is nothing to fear. Mediocrity is the great leveller. It suits humanity right down to the, erm, ground.
