On 20-Nov-20 1:38 pm, Alain Fournier wrote:
It is sad that the Arecibo telescope will soon be demolished. I
understand that it is the right thing to do given the dangerous state in
which it is. Still, it is sad to lose such an instrument.


Alain Fournier

It seems they cannot find a safe way to repair it, and are uncertain
about its integrity given that a cable appears to have failed at well
under its theoretical strength.

But it was built once. It could be built again.

Sylvia.