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  • Arecibo space telescope in Puerto Rico

    From JAB@21:1/5 to All on Tue Dec 1 08:55:05 2020
    Today is one of the saddest days in science history. Telescope Earth
    globe americas Arecibo's Radio Telescope has collapsed

    <https://twitter.com/YCarrillo1/status/1333752235231244288>

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to All on Wed Dec 2 04:39:08 2020
    The Arecibo Telescope Has Suffered a Fatal Collapse, Smashing It Into
    Pieces

    <https://www.sciencealert.com/the-arecibo-telescope-platform-has-collapsed>

    Pics there

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  • From RS Wood@21:1/5 to JAB on Wed Dec 2 16:46:52 2020
    On 2020-12-02, JAB <here@is.invalid> wrote:
    The Arecibo Telescope Has Suffered a Fatal Collapse, Smashing It Into
    Pieces

    <https://www.sciencealert.com/the-arecibo-telescope-platform-has-collapsed>

    Pics there

    Having two snapped cables didn't auger well for a long life or for any
    kind of repair. Sounds like it wouldn't have been safe to repair. By
    the looks of it, it hasn't received much/any maintenance in years - scandalously bad condition.

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to RS Wood on Wed Dec 2 12:50:48 2020
    On Wed, 02 Dec 2020 16:46:52 GMT, RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> wrote:

    Sounds like

    An engineering firm was not attentive....or NSF had limited funding
    and skipped engineering evaluations done periodically.

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to All on Wed Dec 2 22:12:09 2020
    More pics...and tidbits

    https://gizmodo.com/gut-wrenching-photos-show-damage-at-arecibo-observatory-1845790190

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to All on Thu Dec 3 22:16:46 2020
    Pics of cables breaking...maybe electrolysis was the issue.

    <https://www.sciencealert.com/video-shows-the-heartbreaking-moment-the-arecibo-telescope-collapsed>

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  • From Retrograde@21:1/5 to JAB on Tue Dec 8 01:33:07 2020
    On 2020-12-04, JAB <here@is.invalid> wrote:
    Pics of cables breaking...maybe electrolysis was the issue.

    The video is spectacular. Too bad it's of such a sad thing.

    Show me slow motion video of the dome on the capitol building collapsing
    while Congress is in session. That's an engineering disaster worth
    waiting for.

    It will be years before anyone decides to fund something similar in the
    USA. China meanwhile, is investing in science and technology. Guess
    what that means?

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to fungus@amongus.com.invalid on Mon Dec 7 22:12:39 2020
    On Tue, 08 Dec 2020 01:33:07 GMT, Retrograde
    <fungus@amongus.com.invalid> wrote:

    It will be years before anyone decides to fund something similar in the
    USA. China meanwhile, is investing in science and technology. Guess
    what that means?

    Astrophysics is interesting, but I doubt if their research will be
    relevant to day to day life on Earth.

    China has a very large population...last I knew,

    China Becomes Top Filer of International Patents in 2019
    Apr 7, 2020

    So, with more PhDs/etc., they will be more tech orientated

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to fungus@amongus.com.invalid on Sat Dec 19 19:23:33 2020
    On Tue, 08 Dec 2020 01:33:07 GMT, Retrograde
    <fungus@amongus.com.invalid> wrote:

    It will be years before anyone decides to fund something similar in the
    USA. China meanwhile, is investing in science and technology. Guess
    what that means?

    China is opening the world's largest radio telescope up to
    international scientists

    Following the collapse of the historic Arecibo Observatory in Puerto
    Rico, China has opened the biggest radio telescope in the world up to international scientists.

    In Pingtang, Guizhou province stands the Five-hundred-meter Aperture
    Spherical Telescope (FAST), the largest radio telescope in the world, surpassing the Arecibo Observatory, which stood as the largest in the
    world for 53 years before the construction of FAST was completed in
    2016. Following two cable failures earlier this year, Arecibo's radio
    telescope collapsed in November, shutting down the observatory for
    good. Now, FAST is opening its doors to astronomers from around the
    world. ''

    <https://www.livescience.com/china-fast-radio-telescope-open-international-scientists.html>

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to All on Thu Jan 14 19:27:50 2021
    How the famed Arecibo telescope fell--and how it might rise again

    <https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2021/01/how-famed-arecibo-telescope-fell-and-how-it-might-rise-again>

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