[Rockhounds] Arecibo collapse

[J Bryan Kramer]

" Since the NSF claimed it was too dangerous to repair while it was damaged,
now that is has completely collapsed perhaps they can go in and rebuild the
site safely?"

It comes down to money. This dish has mostly been used as a radar dish so
maybe they could rebuild one with that functionality cheaper.

BK


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J Bryan Krämer       North Florida, USA
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On Thu, Dec 3, 2020 at 11:09 PM Edward Tindell <ed-tindell at sprynet.com>
wrote:

> Since the NSF claimed it was too dangerous to repair while it was damaged,
> now that is has completely collapsed perhaps they can go in and rebuild the
> site safely?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rockhounds [mailto:rockhounds-bounces at rockhounds.drizzle.com] On
> Behalf Of Tim Fisher
> Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2020 9:07 PM
> To: 'Rockhounds at drizzle.com: A mailing list for rock and gem collectors'
> Subject: Re: [Rockhounds] Arecibo collapse
>
> 1.8 MILLION pounds lol.
>
> Tim Fisher
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>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rockhounds [mailto:rockhounds-bounces at rockhounds.drizzle.com] On
> Behalf Of J. R. Hodel
> Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2020 12:46 PM
> To: rockhounds at rockhounds.drizzle.com
> Subject: [Rockhounds] Arecibo collapse
>
> 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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