Arecibo again damaged on 12 august2020

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marsinph Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 7 Apr 01 Posts: 172 Credit: 23,823,824 RAC: 0	Message 2055671 - Posted: 22 Aug 2020, 16:07:31 UTC Our biggest ear, already damaged by orcan again a secondary major damage ! One of the cable retaine receptor broke and falls on reflector. Sources : a lot of !!! Search Google Arecibo 12aug20 ! This time, i am afraid, it will never be repaired. RIP Arecibo. Thanks to have give us so much work to crunch. ID: 2055671 ·      Reply Quote
ML1 Volunteer moderator Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 20265 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20	Message 2055672 - Posted: 22 Aug 2020, 16:16:06 UTC - in response to Message 2055671.   Last modified: 22 Aug 2020, 16:16:52 UTC Hopefully, the damage, and the loss of use, will be a wake-up call to improve funding to "Make Arecibo Great Again"! (Hopefully in a useful way despite the damaging politics of no funding...) See the Arecibo Observatory thread for further details. Here's hoping for a positive revival! Keep searchin', Martin See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) ID: 2055672 ·      Reply Quote

 
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