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Arecibo Collapse
https://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/arecibo/
Dec 3, 2020 4:59 PM
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https://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/arecibo/
fir3chi3f
Accidentallied the title on the first post.
TheLastKingOfSomewhere
Apparently the suspended platform weighed 900 tons. That was some serious weight hanging from those cables. So sad to see the end of Arecibo
RooGryphon
add it to the 2020 is shit list
mycods
KLAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaappssssss!!!
T0go
Aren'tcibo
youlookedatmyusername
This is honestly sad to watch
Tinymargins
It really is. My wife and I went to see it last year. This is tremendously sad.
ziralien
People who say they could just dodge or get out of the way in time for something like this.... this took about 15 seconds. How fast are you?
Blackfinity
MellifluousJoker
poscduke
Was Sean Bean under it this time?
Johnnygamealot
God dammit Peirce Brosnan!! Now you and Sean Bean can clean up your mess and pay for its restoration.
NicolasKevinMac
This kills the telescope.
PizzaCat64
If a radio observatory falls in the jungle, and nobody is around to hear it...
CytochromP450
Holy.shit.
nonCanadianGoose
For England, James?
FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
Now just edit this into the ending
Beleg7
This is what I came here looking for.
flounder35
No for me
rusty287
WWWUUUUUAAAHHHHHH!!!!
alyxshark42
I AM INVEEENCIBOLLL!
ActuallyAPirate
No alec, for me
srsgiraffe
tarataqa
This is the way
FuzzyX
Sean Bean getting killed... again.
Dickbuckles
I hope Sean Bean wasnt under that.
Jaysun239
I don't remember Battlefield 4 looking this realistic
inkedupsailor
Love that map! Snipers all over that puppy.
PotatoSpacer
Rogue Transmission
partial2theevening
Fck yes! I was about to comment something about BF4...my favourite BF❤️
GoneOh
Levelution looking pretty sweet for BF6.
AzraelDirge
Wasn't expecting Rogue Transmission to be a prediction tbh
BananasForever
It will be available in the Second Second Assault DLC
DeathAnGravity
Press F to pay respects
inkedupsailor
F
iGotFOLDERS
F
SinisterJ
700 billion of tax cut for rich poeple but can't maintain a radio telescope
sadurdaynight
"I've got good news and bad news. The good news is, the bolt we needed finally came in. The bad news is.. we don't need it no more."
taurondir
Not sure why but I feel deeply sad inside watching this.
tinyfootprints
RIP Old friend
LeShifer
Entropy
mrdoublejr1360
Well, that and lack of funding
PooPculture
For England James?
james007Mi6
No, for me.
ChromeAtom
Let's rebuild it, harder better faster stronger
artiespades
mrdoublejr1360
Can't, the funds has been redirect to gender research.
GrandProtectorDark
Quit you right wing straw man
SnailMail1
Sauce?
IvorJBiggun
Source: fevered imagination
SnailMail1
I hear that’s contagious
Ilikestyx
Man, I wonder what those cable snaps sounded like
OctopusStinkhorn
Baby alligators
TerriblePokemon
Star wars blaster sounds?
betamaxforever
Like the first three seconds of Gorillaz’ Feel Good Inc.
GotRunOverOnce
It sounded like millions of hearts breaking.
E509
Sounds like a freight train smashing into a piano at 100kmh.
wolfspirit21
Something like in Jurassic Park when the trex breaks through the fence?
thumbsupgif
Thhhhhhhwwwwaakk
hwatL4bloopy
Probably like laser blasts from star wars
dmf81
Twang
skjaere
The video in the link has sound.
stja
Like history falling to ruin.
ButterLube
**snap**
riggeroo
Ping ping piiiiing ping
HandyDandySuppressor
shakedownblues
... Boooooooom
iusedtodream
PTwang
BillogUncle
ThooOOP
kaneinencanto
https://www.wapa.tv/noticias/locales/estremecedor-video-del-momento-en-que-cae-plataforma-del-observatorio-de-arecibo_20131122493700.html
orbitn
Im guessing it was more like "pew pew pew ping pew boop zort wokka wokka crash"
kahooki
PTCHOWWWW
DaStormForce
https://twitter.com/SpaceflightNow/status/1334549357358682112
xBoneDaddy
The real MVP
artifactcreature
imredheaded
coffeebyte
1. Thanks for posting. 2. Holy crap that was louder than I thought it was going to be.
fir3chi3f
I am saddened as an advocate of the scientific studies.
dynamicvelocity
radar telescopes that end too soon
NKato
In my opinion, we have far bigger problems to worry about. Until we resolve our more worldly issues, astronomy is just navel-gazing.
NKato
Once we unfuck our country, we can probably get around to building a new radio telescope observatory.
IrrelativeTheory
Nah. We can do both, it's not an either / or, plenty of money and workers. We can fix highways and fund scientific progress.
NKato
Dude. if we don't fix the fucking country, and I'm not talking freeways, there won't be science to do. Get it in your head.
IrrelativeTheory
That's pretty vague. If you have some proposals, contact your local representatives and senators.
Siohwenoeht1
I'm pissed that our government (US) neglected it long enough for this to happen.
merryjumpingjane12
Use it to make multi million dollar blockbusters, don't invest in upkeep.
FuzzyX
Well now it has collapsed it may be safe to consider rebuilding.
Fargus57
It never was a candidate for rebuilding. It was actually scheduled for decommissioning/destruction.
HenceforthPotato
Any idea if the station was still actively used for anything ? Particularly anything that can't be measured/studied elsewhere ?
IrrelativeTheory
Lots of radio astronomy. Pretty active research center.
CNNBRFIINF
Is this the station that picked up “The Signal”?
TheoryOfRelativeTea
If you mean the "WOW" signal, then no. That was part of SETI. Arecibo was the world's largest single structure radio telescope until 2016.
CNNBRFIINF
Thank you
didyoucallme
I am saddened that nobody is going to clean this mess up. Millions for construction. Not a penny for cleanup i guess. Humans...
stankginchfurbuger
Just a bunch of concrete and copper. Trees will take the concrete, peruvians the copper
PrincessJimmyCarter
Peruvians?
stankginchfurbuger
Haha couldn't remember where arecebo was
riplikash
It's in the US.
Esdog
Why didn't they fix it? If it's so valuable surely it would have been maintained?
ByThePowerOfSCIENCE
Before the first cable snapped: budget cuts. Afterwards: too dangerous to put anyone there, as evidenced here.
CPTNNemo
yup even the company that was checking it after 1st cable didn't expect 2nd cable to snap and afterwards it was just too dangerous :/
drbwaa
That's not how anything works over here. The only things we maintain are arrogance and systemic oppression.
WoeToHice
Because it doesn't get anyone (re-)elected. As simple as that.
cnphilli
don't listen to these bitter imgurians. The u.s. has lots of radio telescopes, I'm guessing the cost to maintain didn't outway the benefits
ByThePowerOfSCIENCE
This explains what's so special about it, and it's mercifully short: https://youtu.be/4V3VCt24tkE
CPTNNemo
that is true, although none has the ability of this one. Some parts of research will be transfered to others but not all.
LokiShinigami
Budget cuts to further fund shit that isn't needed
HumansArePrettyNeat
BuT tHe MoOOn
madeejit
Was this the same day that China lifted samples off the moon? Day after maybe?
HumansArePrettyNeat
Was talking about the whole lunar gateway plan and SLS and all the bullshit that NASA does to secure funding but is ultimately insignificant