Arecibo telescope was doomed by hurricane damage and human failures, says report

Puerto Rico’s Arecibo Observatory was felled by the combination of a hurricane, an equipment failure never before seen in the annals of engineering, and an “alarming” lack of concern from engineers and inspectors when crucial support cables were seen slipping out of their sockets years before the main platform of the famed radio telescope cameContinue reading “Arecibo telescope was doomed by hurricane damage and human failures, says report”
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