https://apnews.com/article/technology-a ... 52348e712e
The Aricebo Radio Telescope in Puerto Rico, already damaged, had likely had a fatal blow as the receiver platform (900 tons of it) fell onto the reflector dish. It was, until recently, the largest radio telescope on Earth.
In pop culture, it was used for a fight scene in the James Bond film Goldeneye
The U.S. National Science Foundation had previously announced that it would be closed.
RIP Aricebo Observatory radio telescope
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RIP Aricebo Observatory radio telescope
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Re: RIP Aricebo Observatory radio telescope
SpacemanSpiff wrote: ↑Tue Dec 01, 2020 10:23 am
The U.S. National Science Foundation had previously announced that it would be closed.
Safe to say that they saw that coming.
Jaybee