[Rockhounds] Arecibo collapse

[Doug Bank]

Greenbank does not need to withstand hurricane winds... I question whether anything will replace Arecibo. I visited there in 2012. It was really cool, and it is sad that it is gone. 

> On Dec 3, 2020, at 2:46 PM, J. R. Hodel <jr50wv at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> Amazing video. Lucky no one was killed, that receiver was 900 tons... 18,000 lbs. 
> A tragic loss, it was capable of deep space radar to detect incoming objects, that capability is lost now. Plus the pure science, Nobel prize level science.
> There was a older radio-telescope with a steerable dish at Greenbank that collapsed, fortunately funding was available to build a new one. The older one that collapsed lasted many years past it's intended lifespan. The new one is considerably advanced in ability, built of material intended to last much longer.
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