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Drone footage Arecibo Collapse
https://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/arecibo/
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https://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/arecibo/
Aeav8r
For England, James?
CanadianSith
"Hey Bro, let me put this drone up at the exact time it starts collapsing but pan away at the last few seconds"
Metalhead47
Yeesh. Here's another angle: https://twitter.com/SpaceflightNow/status/1334549357358682112?s=20
PTNLemay
Those cables are 3 inches thick and woven into a concrete anchor in each mast. That's a lot of force to rip them out like that.
Schmaron
Quick! Get Sean Bean out of the way! He can’t die in this film!!
MechKelly
That seems like a bit of a problem.
BojanglesTheFlyingCar
Coincidentally the battlefield 4 map did something similar
SergeyPrkl
As did Sean Bean and Pierce Brosnan
Decoyape11
Go to the link. Listen to it. It’s just crazy!
whyexactly
For England James?
lwoshea
RIP Sean Bean
CarbonNight
This is kinda depressing
ValkyrieDoot
I do this in battlefield all the time
Limitedbynonononono
doodlolzbro
Did we suddenly enter the timeline where Battlefield 4 was real life? Looks just like a map on that game.
kamosey
Telesnope
Garuff
Given what the array accomplished, I’d call it a well earned rest.
alwaysupvotefuturama
The cables snapping is some Final Destination shit
Dukenewcmb
For England, James!
Issues420916
This...was not pleasing at all, that was some terrible camera work.
Siohwenoeht1
Why did we (US) let it get this bad in the first place? Are there really that many people that don't care about science anymore?
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VastMajorityRule
Gotta pay for those F35's somehow. No time for civil science.
mardukkur
It's my understanding, correct me if I'm wrong, that the technology is outdated and building arrays is way more effective.
inscrutablehorse
Yeah. Can't remember where I read it, but it was hopelessly outdated, even before they had finished constructing it. Still, looked bad-ass.
ChrisWsrn
There was some political BS within the NSF back in 2011. Also it was a radar telescope which is used to image objects in the solar system.
ChrisWsrn
Its value was in planetary defense from extraterrestrial threats (Asteroids mainly).
suffyr
For England James
dronette
No, for me.
Lassannn
Did it get Sean Bean?
lazybuthappy
That will require a lot of ramen
RicheTheBuddha
At LEAST like $7 worth.
PutItInNeutral
Shit, that much? That's twice what it would cost to repair the spire on Notre Dame.
Neurisko
And peanut shells.
Hashbrown123
And cake.
dragonrebornxc
dustmywets
And superglue
kanne31
Did we expect it to collapse? Is that why there was a drone there at the exact moment of collapse?
TheoryOfRelativeTea
Yes, the drone was inspecting the cable damage but they were hoping to dismantle it safely with controlled demolition before a full collapse
ChrisWsrn
The cables have been failing over the past few months.
PerpetuityPhoto
If you look at the joint, there is a cable slot with no cable in it. If I had to guess, I'd say one already snapped, and they zoomed after.
SherMattLockSmith
They had witnessed some of the cables on that support fraying over the last week so they had been inspecting it regularly.
cr107
They knew it was a possibility due to damage from the last hurricane.
SupermassiveZebra
Maybe they saw the cables starting to burst and went "Hans, get the drone"? Because they were focused right on that point
Rogermooreseyebrow
Joan get the drone sounds better
forcebully
Yes. As of the end of Nov, cables were breaking daily. Collapse was only a matter of time.
ThisGuyHiding
"For England James?"
JSNhova
The fact that this isn't top comment means we're too old.
oceanbreeze24
No. For me.
Smayds
kingButttankhamun
Thank you for this
knifiespoonie
If you had turbo mode on at the end cut scene bond just flies off like Superman instead of grabbing the helicopter skid
Fatherdoodle
Such beautiful graphics
UncleBuckFutter
"No, Alec. For me."
ActuallyAPirate
Lol i just watched this yesterday
DrPhillipMahmoufWifarts
ThatTransformersDude
LegendaryGarf
Fleaofpain
haroldmann
BBOOM!
Efreeti
SPIKED 'EM!
370zSteve
StarscreamAndHutch
Now how are the aliens going to send their mixtapes?
TheLeanWolf
How is Jodie Foster going to see her dad again?
Josh4422
The Chinisse have another one ready
somethingstupidandclever
Sort of. They have dif jobs
valen00
Hey, you know we used Arecibo to send them our mix tape?
SpaceballsTheComment
The way they did it before. Anal probes and cow abductions.
bassclarinetl2
Moo?
DustyMcKnuckles
"C'MON TEAM. ITS LIKE YOU GUYS DONT KNOW HOW THE RUSH GAME MODE WORKS. I CANT DEFEND THE POINTS BY MYSELF!!"
DustyMcKnuckles
I joke to fight the deep sadness that I feel cuz of this observatory's destruction :(
LordSatanHimself
Only in battlefield
JackoComputerJumper
I got Battlefield 4 flashbacks
DrDownunder
The fact that no-one has referenced goldeneye on N64 here makes me realise I am too old for this place. I am going to Florida to die c ya
cakepunching
Don't come here, we don't need any more old people
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cakepunching
Almost
JackoComputerJumper
Don't be!!! It's amazing to blow up that thing from a ps3 that's all, the ps3 crashes and all, you didn't miss anything :D
JHawkInc
Have you seen the real life pictures of the aftermath? Under the dish looks eerily similar to BF4. They did a good job designing it in game.
Shadoweclipse13
Have a link to that?
JackoComputerJumper
Check on YouTube, plenty of content available
JackoComputerJumper
Indeed! It's just like they anticipated it
AmotsEinhorc
NotCthulhu
The prophecy is true...
HeadJamistan
I was really hoping this would be here! +1 to you!
bingotown
The fall didn't kill him?
AmotsEinhorc
No it was the sudden stop at the end. (along with the Antenna)
bingotown
Ha ha, okay, the sudden stop didn't kill him? He was reacting to the falling antenna so he was still alive after that sudden stop.
AmotsEinhorc
I always assumed the sudden stop has him dying and in his last breaths the Antenna finishes the job.
NotGoodConfessionBear
still looks silly but ya know, movies.
theheatman
thewiggins
ShlongaDonga
Goddamn that's still so fucking epic
Wuz314159
In the industry, this is something we'd call a Catastrophic Failure.
Absurdlylongusernamewithapunortwo
Or else, "Gonna need some brown pants"
TerriblePokemon
Rapid unplanned disassembly
TheSomethingSomethingGenericReplyGuy
Feature - software developers, probably
JakeFromStateFahrm
The devs I work with call this undesired behavior. There has never ever been a bug. Only BSOD based undesirable behavior.
GrundyScrubber
A Major Fucky Wucky to the layman.
Christonabike101
In the demolition business it's a roaring success
FeloniousMonk13
Ahh, lil flex tape, she'll be good as new
probablyobvious
In the crane world we called it "expensive excuse for a piss test"
backoffman
We call that a “Rise of Skywalker” in the movie biz
billdozer86
I thought this was planned.
wolf387465
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/12/01/world/arecibo-observatory-collapse-scn-trnd/index.html
taurondir
it's in Wikipedia under "Donald Trump's Presidency"
taulen
Or as PR would put it, Minor setback.
RabbiKirschbaum
Hey, cut that technical mambo jambo and break it down for simpletons like myself!
maddcovv
Front fell off
mormacil
Really? I'm not seeing any cats
AlGoonie
In mine it'd be called a "Clusterfuck"
ShutUpImWorking
it will not KEAL
4ngryn3rd
And I am going to have to ask you to leave the forge...
Blze001
My civil engineer told me the technical term is "Rapid Onset Fuckening"
jsmith0277
Funny. We also call it that outside of the industry.
likerice
llestPieGod
FUBAR indeed
Varcova
Technically, we call it an 'oops'
Ghostlogicz
Wasn’t this when they starting taking it down after it got damaged , seem odd a drone was recording the exact area it started
IFoldlyGo
They might have cheated and had drones at all the towers
MagicalMrE0311
They were planning to demolish it. But this wasn't the plan.
wolf387465
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/12/01/world/arecibo-observatory-collapse-scn-trnd/index.html
myotheraccgotsuspendedforpostingexplicitcontent
Was probably the weakest spot and its was obvious that the construction would break there.
HiddenSanity
I was told they were filming the critically damaged area to get a better idea of how to do any potential repairs.
TBenz4Sportsball
From what I had heard they had written off doing any repairs like a week ago. Too dangerous for construction crews.
Wuz314159
They lost A cable & were examining the system to see if it could be salvaged... You can see the cable peel. Not intentional.
Chomanche
Is that the porn industry?
IsItawKWard
Come on people! Smh.
JPRiddles
Yeah that's the general idea of the porn industry there
IsItawKWard
Well fuCk.
ikilledvestein
I dunno, given how thoroughly that receiver was smashed I would call it catastrophic success.
DeucesMongooses
Every industry is the porn industry if you try hard enough
DoctorSniffles
*if you're hard enough.
HandoB4Javert
That's called getting quintuplets.
Sebastian987654
Cat industry
demondied1
Ever seen a mans banjo string snap?
OctaviusClausewitz
Rest well, you served us well. Noww... which country is gonna build another one ? Bigger, Better, Stronger ??
ObscureReferencing
This is old tech. That's like replacing a failing window XP PC with another windows XP PC. We build that shit in space now
valen00
No, it wasn't and No, we don't.
d1nosawr
With blackjack... And hookers...!
itsthevoiceman
shakedownblues
China, apparently.
thewiggins
the china one cannot do radar astronomy, it is not built for it at all, it is different than radio astronomy
shakedownblues
Well fuck, that makes me sad... Time to build a new radio telescope
override367
yeah no we're done with that shit, we're in the head-in-sand phase until global warming destroys us
MagnusMan
Not America. Science is fake here.
OctaviusClausewitz
I guess your username is on point here, just like 'Magnus the Red' complaining about Imperium and his daddy's rule about Xeno knowledge.
Wauphale
http://spiff.rit.edu/classes/phys301/lectures/other_tel/other_tel.html
Wauphale
Bigger isn't necessarily better. Or rather, it is better, but maybe not the best use of funds.
BlahBlahBlacksheep555
FASTer
StormWingDelta
lol build it on the moon. :P
Omnisom
And in space?
FiftyShadesOfMascarpone
Why build a stationary observatory when you can launch one into space, like ESA's Gaia? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaia_(spacecraft)
valen00
Because a ground based one can be built cheaper. Arecebo cost ~$150M, one falcon heavy launch is ~$150M
FiftyShadesOfMascarpone
Cost aside, why observe space through Earth's atmosphere? Gaia is vastly more precise than any ground-based telescope could possibly be.
valen00
Because the atmosphere doesn't really matter at most radio wavelengths most of the time? Also if you have enough money to spend a billion $/
valen00
on something that can be done "good enough" for $150M hit me up, I have a number of projects. Don't get me wrong I back of the envelope/
GQPisadeathcult
Representing America here. Nope, we won’t be helping. We do t like paying taxes, science or sharing in thinks. Out time has passed.
ShellPhish
They're talking about using a lunar crater in the future
pixelhigh
This is the first of many great scientific ruins future generations will study after the great collapse of 2020.
andychristman2000
Ol musky ?
NuckDiddy
Americas gonna rebuild it same spot only better
wookietiddy
New Mexico has the VLA. The place where Jodie Foster went after Araceibo in Contact.
valen00
Which is great but doesn't do radar as well or have the singular aperture of Arecibo.
jewmastajamez223
And now with 20% more!
puffyjacket69
Not the united states. We've abandoned science
darkwing42101
Let's just build one on the Moon.
IOnceFarted
Let's turn the whole goddamn moon to an observatory!
PowwerOrb13
You joke. But we've already made effectively earth sized telescopes. Using the moon wouldn't be a terrible idea.
buddhafw
Gotta get rid of the moon nazis first.
OnionCutter
And the ghosts. *grabs shotgun*
itrynottocommentbutyoumakemecringe
itsthevoiceman
China has one. And we have the VLA. Also, the global Radio Astronomy community is trying to make the planet one large Radio Telescope.
itsthevoiceman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pOymi4ipp0
DFunk187
https://www.space.com/33357-china-largest-radio-telescope-alien-life.html
Aaronb1138
Ah China. Cool acronym (lucky backronym?) in English but with metric sizing.
ThePolishedTurd
It doesn't do radar though. Arecibo was the biggest for space radar and detecting NEOs
DGNightwing95
Faster....
blueipDriver
BobbyVegana
deeper!
potentiallyunsafe
They better work it harder to make it better. Do it faster before another country can do it. It'll make us stronger as a people.
RavenousMaw
With ÆØÅ I am the Mæstør
n0n53n53
Imakethingsweird
TorvicIsSanta
Where in heaven is this from?
sexualtyrannosaurus
So dumb, I love it.
SchwiftyGameOnPoint
DFunk187
Doesn't china already have a bigger one?
TLUL
Bigger, but it can't transmit (yet? they might upgrade) which means it can't do radar (helpful for e.g. very precise asteroid location).
Agentoatmeal
The wiki article says that since the central array is drivable, it has a weight limit and is near max already.
thewiggins
the china one cannot do radar astronomy, it is not built for it at all, it is different than radio astronomy
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hirosjimma
/n?
Excalibastard
I thought its only difference was first its size and 2nd the fact it cant send signals outbound unlike this one
thewiggins
the platform cannot support the weight and cannot aim in the same way