From: usenet@only.tnx   
      
   On Sat, 21 Nov 2020 07:46:44 GMT, 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   
      
   As it was deemed too dangerous for people to get close to the damaged telecope,   
   drones were being used to monitor the situation.  There was a plan to loosen   
   the   
   remaining cables to reduce the stress on the structure, but before that could   
   be   
   done another cable broke on Tuesday, sending the suspended 900-ton instrument   
   platform crashing into the dish below.  Amazingly, one of the drones captured   
   the collapse.   
      
   Arecibo Observatory Collapse   
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssHkMWcGat4   
      
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