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Re: Arecibo Observatory dish suffers serious damage (failed suspension cable)
« Reply #50 on: December 02, 2020, 10:31:57 AM »
Heard they were just getting ready to announce they had picked up transmissions from Hillary's computer
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Re: Arecibo Observatory dish suffers serious damage (failed suspension cable)
« Reply #51 on: December 02, 2020, 11:48:05 AM »
I think stock it with mermaids for all us redneck "anglers".

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Re: Arecibo Observatory dish suffers serious damage (failed suspension cable)
« Reply #53 on: December 03, 2020, 09:36:18 PM »
Izzat fer real, or one of those computer-generated scenes which always fool me?


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Re: Arecibo Observatory dish suffers serious damage (failed suspension cable)
« Reply #54 on: December 03, 2020, 10:26:18 PM »
Izzat fer real, or one of those computer-generated scenes which always fool me?


Seems to be real. It's on YouTube, too -- which is nice because you can slow it down to watch the cables failing in slo-mo.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3AASKr_iHc
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Re: Arecibo Observatory dish suffers serious damage (failed suspension cable)
« Reply #55 on: December 04, 2020, 03:24:40 AM »
Seems to be real. It's on YouTube, too -- which is nice because you can slow it down to watch the cables failing in slo-mo.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3AASKr_iHc

Deferred maintenance in jungle conditions is no bueno.  Watching the steel cables break strands before parting completely is total nightmare fuel.

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Re: Arecibo Observatory dish suffers serious damage (failed suspension cable)
« Reply #56 on: December 04, 2020, 11:31:10 AM »
There are times I have to wonder whether I'm a bigger fool for accepting fake reality or for questioning the reality of real stuff.

'Tis a puzzlement.

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Re: Arecibo Observatory dish suffers serious damage (failed suspension cable)
« Reply #57 on: December 07, 2020, 01:25:26 AM »
Guys, guys! 2 words, Flex Seal!
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Re: Arecibo Observatory dish suffers serious damage (failed suspension cable)
« Reply #58 on: December 07, 2020, 08:18:09 AM »
We're going to need a bigger roll of duct tape
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Re: Arecibo Observatory dish suffers serious damage (failed suspension cable)
« Reply #59 on: December 07, 2020, 09:51:14 AM »
We're going to need a bigger roll of duct tape
And paracord.  With duct tape and paracord, the possibilities are endless. 
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Re: Arecibo Observatory dish suffers serious damage (failed suspension cable)
« Reply #60 on: December 07, 2020, 10:11:20 AM »
So I learned that while Arecebo is obsolete as a radio telescope it is still our best space radar.  That sounds worthwhile to rebuild.

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Re: Arecibo Observatory dish suffers serious damage (failed suspension cable)
« Reply #61 on: December 07, 2020, 11:19:47 AM »
And paracord.  With duct tape and paracord, the possibilities are endless. 

DETCORD!!!!!  Just get it over with!   >:D
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Re: Arecibo Observatory dish suffers serious damage (failed suspension cable)
« Reply #62 on: December 07, 2020, 02:46:06 PM »
DETCORD!!!!!  Just get it over with!   >:D
I don't think detcord has the necessary tensile strength to support the necessary equipment.

But I'm willing to give it a shot.

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Re: Arecibo Observatory dish suffers serious damage (failed suspension cable)
« Reply #63 on: December 07, 2020, 07:56:59 PM »
I don't think detcord has the necessary tensile strength to support the necessary equipment.

But I'm willing to give it a shot.


 =D  I don't think that's how you use detcord .... :facepalm:     ;)
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Re: Arecibo Observatory dish suffers serious damage (failed suspension cable)
« Reply #64 on: December 07, 2020, 10:28:41 PM »
They could try rebuilding with a single concrete tower in the middle holding up the receiver arrays.  Might be better than steel wire in that environment.  It gives up a little in the FoV but is probably the cheapest and thus most likely to happen if anything does.

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Re: Arecibo Observatory dish suffers serious damage (failed suspension cable)
« Reply #65 on: December 15, 2020, 03:04:32 PM »
Only a couple of minutes into this but I didn't know it was originally built to detect nuclear explosions

The Arecibo Radio Telescope with Prof. Abel Mendez
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L59G29iufWI
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Re: Arecibo Observatory dish suffers serious damage (failed suspension cable)
« Reply #66 on: December 18, 2020, 07:23:10 AM »
Heard they were just getting ready to announce they had picked up transmissions from Hillary's computer

The theory is they were reflected back from the Dark Matter out there.

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Failure analysis report update.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oBCtTv6yOw

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Failure analysis report update.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oBCtTv6yOw

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*prediction before watching* Lack of maintenance plus corrosion, exacerbated by a strong storm.