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Arecibo Observatory to be decommissioned

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November 19, 2020, 12:09 PM
PakRatJR
Arecibo Observatory to be decommissioned
This was one of those places I always thought would be cool to visit Frown

Edit: Finally got the link to post

https://www.nasa.gov/feature/n...cibo-radio-telescope

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November 19, 2020, 12:12 PM
OKCGene
quote:
Originally posted by PakRatJR:
This was one of those places I always thought would be cool to visit


Link to story?
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November 19, 2020, 12:23 PM
flashguy
I drove by it in the mid-1970s but did not have time to visit it.

flashguy




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November 19, 2020, 12:23 PM
PakRatJR
quote:
Originally posted by OKCGene:
quote:
Originally posted by PakRatJR:
This was one of those places I always thought would be cool to visit


Link to story?
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???? Odd....I did add it. I will try again...
November 19, 2020, 12:27 PM
PakRatJR
Finally got the link to work. I'm posting from my phone and it wasn't letting the link post for some reason
November 19, 2020, 12:28 PM
SigSAC
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/1...ibo-observatory.html

https://www.sciencemag.org/new...e-will-be-dismantled

https://arstechnica.com/scienc...ake-of-cable-breaks/
November 19, 2020, 12:59 PM
DCFD4
Went there about 10 years ago. Pretty impressive to see in person and pretty cool to be at the spot of so many movies as well.
November 19, 2020, 01:13 PM
radioman
quote:
Originally posted by flashguy:
I drove by it in the mid-1970s but did not have time to visit it.

flashguy


Drove by in 1995. The feed point unit was the size of a house.


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November 19, 2020, 01:17 PM
bordeth
Always wanted to take a visit....wasn't this observatory used during a Bond movie? It looks familiar.
November 19, 2020, 01:45 PM
joel9507
That sucks. It was in the Bond movie "Goldeneye".

Apparently it was damaged in August when a support cable came loose, then another one broke in November. Further inspections said there were other issues with the remaining cables.

This is from the first failure:


Link with more details: (Full disclosure, link goes to "CNN World")
November 19, 2020, 01:54 PM
PakRatJR
Frown Wow that's a big hole Frown I am seriously jealous of you all that got to see it in person. Frown
December 01, 2020, 10:03 AM
PakRatJR
More news...... more cables gave out and the receiver is no longer suspended.... it crashed.

https://www.theverge.com/2020/...uerto-rico-telescope
December 01, 2020, 10:22 AM
V-Tail
Mid / late 1960s I based my airplane at Isla Grande airport, just a bit east of there.

I was curious, wanted to fly over it and look at it. I telephoned them to ask whether such a flight would cause a problem for them. They said no problem for them, but they advised me to turn my radio receivers off so that their emissions would not fry my radios.

I had a bunch of photos, looking down at the dish, but fifty years later they are long lost.



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December 01, 2020, 01:15 PM
SigSentry
Earthquake in the DR may have contributed per Scott. I'm sure there will more info coming forward.
https://youtu.be/vchDbyIRP44
December 01, 2020, 01:18 PM
nhtagmember
I was going to put in an offer to buy it and move it here to AZ

oh well
December 01, 2020, 01:35 PM
Georgeair
Is that a monolith I see way back there????



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December 01, 2020, 01:44 PM
Rightwire
Damnit Bond... Do you have any idea how expensive that telescope was?




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December 01, 2020, 07:22 PM
PakRatJR
A pic from Twitter



December 01, 2020, 08:38 PM
preten2b
That thing would have been perfect to send the Bonhomme Richard back in time and alter history. The fire and cover story were believable, right? Roll Eyes Big Grin


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December 03, 2020, 09:04 PM
corsair