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The Arecibo radio telescope array in Puerto Rico was damaged when a support cable broke and tore through about 100 feet of the dish. It will be inoperable for months, perhaps for more than a year. A great loss to astronomy.
 
The Arecibo radio telescope array in Puerto Rico was damaged when a support cable broke and tore through about 100 feet of the dish. It will be inoperable for months, perhaps for more than a year. A great loss to astronomy.

that's awful.
 
Thanks for leaving PR to fend for themselves 'Merica. Still contend we should, non politically, swap PR statehood for Mississippi.
 
SpaceX had a good day. Booster stuck the landing after its 6th flight. One half of the payload fairing was caught in tje air. The other half was pulled from the ocean.

The booster will fly again. The Falcon 9 booster is approved for 10 flights.
The payload fairing will also be reused. Saves SpaceX about $5 million. The half caught in the air can be reused with minimum work-inspect, install new explosive bolts (used to separate the two halves), repack the parachutes and refuel the guidance thrusters. The other half will require more work, to remove salt water and any corroded or salt water compromised components, in addition to the previous.
 
Space X had another successful launch of a Falcon 9 with Starlink satellites on board this morning. The booster stuck the landing after doing its job.

The most interesting part of the video linked begins after the 14 minute mark, which is 1 min before liftoff, to the 23:30 mark, when the booster sticks its landing.

Video

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SpaceX website
 
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I am on board with the lady moon mission
 
The Arecibo radio telescope array in Puerto Rico was damaged when a support cable broke and tore through about 100 feet of the dish. It will be inoperable for months, perhaps for more than a year. A great loss to astronomy.

that's awful.

Well that's what you get when you put telescopes in shithole countries like America.

It's now gone. The 900 ton receiver platform and the four story tall Gregorian dome (which housed secondary receivers)fell some 400 feet onto the reflector dish Tuesday. So after 50+ years of amazing science, this facility is now just scrap metal.

ETA: Story in Washington Post
 
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The Arecibo radio telescope array in Puerto Rico was damaged when a support cable broke and tore through about 100 feet of the dish. It will be inoperable for months, perhaps for more than a year. A great loss to astronomy.

that's awful.

I blame the British. Didn't James Bond adventure there...?

It was hurricane Maria and some bad engineering analysis after the first cable snapped. Another cable end broke in November. The radiotelescope was constructed by the military to track incoming missiles.
 
Mark another milestone for Curiosity. 3000 days of operation on Mars. Hard at work while its newer sibling is heading for landing.

Perseverance is due to land on Mars Feb 18, a little over a month from now.
 
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