Dec 2, 2020 6:43 AM
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RaftinHippy
I heard it got decommissioned but did they really destroy it?
Shloobs
They didn't destroy it, it collapsed before they could do a planned disassembly
saysomethingcool
It's collapsed on itself. The cables holding it up, I guess, got too worn out. And they decided to let it fall instead of fixing it
ReallyNotSure
Physics took that decision.
The article I read said basically they knew it was going to happen for a long while. And they decided to just let it fall. Not sure if that
Was because it was totally passed the point of no return? Lacked funding or whatever.
RaftinHippy
I heard it got decommissioned but did they really destroy it?
Shloobs
They didn't destroy it, it collapsed before they could do a planned disassembly
saysomethingcool
It's collapsed on itself. The cables holding it up, I guess, got too worn out. And they decided to let it fall instead of fixing it
ReallyNotSure
Physics took that decision.
saysomethingcool
The article I read said basically they knew it was going to happen for a long while. And they decided to just let it fall. Not sure if that
saysomethingcool
Was because it was totally passed the point of no return? Lacked funding or whatever.