Not sure if anyone else has been following this story. One of the cables supporting the receiver platform snapped earlier in the year. While they were evaluating that situation a second cable snapped. After some engineering review it was decided that there was no safe way to repair it so the plan was to do a controlled demolition. This morning it collapsed on it's own.
Huge Puerto Rico radio telescope, already damaged, collapses
ARECIBO, Puerto Rico (AP) — A huge, already damaged radio telescope in Puerto Rico that has played a key role in astronomical discoveries for more than half a century completely collapsed on Tuesday.
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