Arecibo Gone

[CHE]

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/12/arecibo-telescope-collapses-ending-57-year-run

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[Sue Pertwee-Tyr]

That’s very sad. It was iconic, and presumably still doing good science.

 

[Martyn Miles]

Arecibo was instrumental in my journey into radio astronomy.
Very sad...

 

[juz400]

Indeed a sad day, there should be an international fund to build a new one, it `may` save the planet from an asteroid impact.
Didnt have a massive feild of view but it was able to send radar out and collect the returned signal, not many other places have that capability

RIP

 

[Arkless Electronics]

It should have been repaired before it got to this! It would be a tragedy to not rebuild it.

 

[Yank]

We could get Donno to go down and lob some paper towels at it, it'll be as good as new.

 

[Jonqpr]

Fortunately seti have lots of fans and will progress to better telescopes

 

[Hazelberry]

Very sad news. It was an engineering and technological wonder I’d admired since I was a kid. It was the only telescope able to track asteroids in the vicinity of Earth. I was astonished to learn that its future was under a cloud for some years due to funding cuts.

 

[Hazelberry]

It should have been repaired before it got to this! It would be a tragedy to not rebuild it.

I'd love it to be rebuilt.

A repair was planned. A new cable was ordered after the first one gave way in August, but couldn't be installed in time. The next cable break appears to have made it irreparable.