Jaw-Dropping Report Reveals Causes of Arecibo Telescope Collapse
gizmodo.com
An investigation by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine found Hurricane Maria worsened a slow decay of the Arecibo Observatory's support cables.

Hurricane Maria did major damage to the Puerto Rican telescope in 2017 that lead to the collapse of this world class iconic radio telescope 3 years later after failing to get funded and maintained. It was the largest for the USA by a long shot at 305 meters. China’s FAST became the largest at 500 meters in 2016. This is Trump’s (2017-2020) legacy for Puerto Rico.

  • Flying Squid
    11•2 months ago

    The Arecibo dish was used for the first humans intentionally sent a radio signal to possible intelligent civilizations in other solar systems. It was just a stunt, but a cool stunt. I like cool stunts that get people interested in science.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arecibo_message