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   Message 105,043 of 106,651   
   David Spain to Snidely   
   Re: Arecibo telescope to be demolished   
   21 Nov 20 10:27:12   
   
   From: nospam@127.0.0.1   
      
   Snidely  writes:   
      
   > Lo, on the 11/20/2020, David Spain did proclaim ...   
   >   
   >> Radio astronomers make for bad civil engineers appearently. It was just   
   >> a few short months ago that we were reading that new cables would be   
   >> installed in an attempt to repair the telescope. Now with an additional   
   >> cable   
   >> break it has become too unstable to safely repair.   
   >   
   > They hired three different consulting firms, and had new cables on order.    
   The   
   > last break was clearly at a load well below spec, which means the other   
   cables   
   > can't be trusted.   
   >   
   > Please read more carefully.   
   >   
   > /dps   
      
   Read what? I've seen no cites. Did you post something earlier I may have   
   missed?   
      
   Dave   
      
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