Drone Captures the Terrifyingly Violent Collapse of the Arecibo Observatory

[Rambunctious]

Who built that piece of shit?...John Delorean?.....

It was built in 1963. It held the world record for 50 years or so, until the goddam Chinese built a bigger one.

Really?...that's funny g5000...can't stop the hands of time I guess....hey where have you been?...thought we lost you to Covid...miss arguing with ya....

 

[g5000]

Who built that piece of shit?...John Delorean?.....

It was built in 1963. It held the world record for 50 years or so, until the goddam Chinese built a bigger one.

Really?...that's funny g5000...can't stop the hands of time I guess....hey where have you been?...thought we lost you to Covid...miss arguing with ya....

Lots of chaos in my life right now. Been pretty busy.

 

[westwall]

It appears the collapse was predetermined. Maybe it just lived out its usefulness?

Listening for radio waves from outer pace is important. My bet is it had already been replaced by a more advanced version.

Am I right-?

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Of course. In china where no one can verify what the results actually are.

 

[james bond]

Awesome footage. No doubt some big-time Hollywood producers will pay big bucks to put it in their movies.

Interestingly enough, that radio telescope has been in a couple of movies already.

Saw the collapse on Inside Edition this afternoon, and it was pretty spectacular. Wonder if they are going to rebuild, or just abandon it?

They are going to abandon it.

That's a shame.

I visited Arecibo many years ago when I was stationed in Puerto Rico.

Apparently, it was already shut down in November as a couple of cables had already snapped and there was no way to safely repair the cables and sockets -- Big dish of Arecibo observatory has reached the end of the line.

It was just a matter of time before the rest went.



The slo-mo footage shows that one of cables came apart at the socket first.

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico was built in 1963 and was the world’s largest single-unit radio telescope until China’s construction of the FAST in 2016. After struggling with structural issues for some time, the dish finally collapsed and the violent destruction was caught on video.



The Observatory was designed over a natural sinkhole and the spherical reflector that consisted of aluminum panels focused incoming radio waves on a moveable antenna that hung suspended about 550 feet above. Those antennae could be moved in any direction and allowed the device to track a celestial object as it moved across the sky.

Drone Captures the Terrifyingly Violent Collapse of the Arecibo Observatory

The Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico was built in 1963 and was the world's largest single-unit radio telescope until China's construction of the FAST in

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Holy cow. Have you guys seen this?

Reminds me of the Notre Dame fire

 

[james bond]

Listening for radio waves from outer pace is important. My bet is it had already been replaced by a more advanced version.

Am I right-?

Nah, we already know there are no aliens. Atheist China already has it covered haha.

 

[james bond]

No, wait, I saw this movie!

It didn't take long. Me, too.

 

[watchingfromafar]

Listening for radio waves from outer pace is important. My bet is it had already been replaced by a more advanced version.

Am I right-?

Nah, we already know there are no aliens. Atheist China already has it covered haha.

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