What's up with that dude walking on the center catwalk before it collapsed?
Drone Footage of Arecibo Observatory Collapse
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#102Previous threads of this story:
2 days ago https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25264555
14 days ago https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25151342
23 days ago https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25045573
3 months ago https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24149346
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#103Are they going to clean that up? Is "decommissioning" just a fancy word for "leaving a big pile of garbage in the woods?"
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#104Have there been any UFO sightings nearby?...I just love alien conspiracy theories.
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#105And every time I see it, my heart aches for the science.
RIP Arecibo, you did not deserve this fate.
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#106Is there any chance at all that this gets rebuilt? Is anybody even putting the costs requirements together to do it, or is this just a total loss? This is so unbelievably sad to see. It reminds me of seeing Notre Dame burning last year.
We could build an entirely new one from scratch if we decided to manufacture one less F-35.
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#107Earlier quoted context omitted.
346 people dying in 737 MAX crashes is tragic. This is a 50-year-old telescope; the word I'd use is "unfortunate."
The two people I'm friends with that are in the field made sucks but good riddance noises about the collapse.
Any urge to point out that, sometime in the future, someone will make the same noises about their work? :-)
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#108So if they knew there is no money to even maintain it and this collapse was a likely outcome why not lower the platform in advance before any cable breaks? Just from a safety perspective omitting this seems to be somewhat negligent, no?
> Just from a safety perspective
There is no safety perspective if there is nobody there to get hurt. It has been evacuated for a long time now. Putting people anywhere near it would create the safety concern.
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#110Earlier quoted context omitted.
For a use case like this, I'd imagine that tethered multicopters could be a very nice fit. If you can just plug the base station into a power outlet, suddenly 24/7 doesn't seem that crazy. PS: Apparently I'm not alone with this idea, search engine comes up with hits. https://elistair.com/ even have a tether kit you can plug into some DJI models (and others) instead of the conventional battery pack. Out of Lyon, Franc…
Bonus, if they tethered it to the suspended receiver, it would automatically follow the action right down to impact, albeit with unpredictable viewing angles.
They could use a spherical/360 camera and correct the viewing angle in post.