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The end of the line for the Arecibo radio telescope
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RoGeorge:


 :-\
BravoV:

--- Quote from: Ian.M on December 04, 2020, 09:16:34 am ---Its deeply suspicious that the main suspension cables were painted white near their anchors to the platform.   Some dumb administrator must have decided to paint the ugly cables which would have been showing signs of surface rust, and once the paint was on them failure was inevitable.

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Yep, just for the look, ... or .. maybe hiding the rust.  :palm:


David Hess:
Maintenance is a rubber band which can be indefinitely stretched a small bit at a time by management and politics.

Why exactly did Physicist Robert Kerr resign as director back in 2015?  The articles I have read imply that after maintenance was deferred, the real condition of the structure was ignored or covered up.

David Hess:

--- Quote from: BravoV on December 04, 2020, 11:35:14 am ---
--- Quote from: Ian.M on December 04, 2020, 09:16:34 am ---Its deeply suspicious that the main suspension cables were painted white near their anchors to the platform.   Some dumb administrator must have decided to paint the ugly cables which would have been showing signs of surface rust, and once the paint was on them failure was inevitable.
--- End quote ---

Yep, just for the look, ... or .. maybe hiding the rust.  :palm:
--- End quote ---

The other photographs I saw looked like the cables had been painted with aluminum or zinc paint however they had broken strands sticking out.
BravoV:
I guess, the last time they had the money to paint it, to be more "re-presentable" for big screen audiences, was from the James Bond film producer.  ::)
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