From: howrdHol@yaooho.com   
      
   usenet@only.tnx (Questor) wrote   
      
   > One of the support cables broke in August.  It was scheduled to be   
   > replaced. Before that could happen, a second cable broke earlier in   
   > November.  After an engineering review, it was decided that potential   
   > unstability in the remaining cables made it too much of a risk for   
   > workers and nearby structures to attempt repair.  It was reluctantly   
   > decided to decomission the 57-year-old instrument.   
   >   
   > https://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=301674   
      
   I saw it and went to the visitor's center. It is pretty spectacular. The   
   whole area is quite interesting -- there are other sinkholes like the one   
   where the dish sits, and some huge caves too.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)