[SADXA] Arecibo collapse, video

[Jim W]

That's an interesting video, Darrel.  The drone footage at the beginning 
of the video shows the cables snapping one by one.  It's hard to tell 
but it looks like there was a good deal of corrosion that was evident 
under the paint.  The paint seemed to turn to dust just before each 
cable snapped.

Jim  W9FI

On 12/3/2020 4:46 PM, Darrel Emerson wrote:
> This is the moment of collapse:
>
> https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-us-canada-55181448
>
> The video doesn't give a good impression of scale.  I've been on that 
> platform several times - it's almost like a small village up there, 
> 400 feet in the air, with laboratory rooms and focus cabins etc.  
> There's a 1 MW S-band CW radar in one cabin next to the feed.  The 
> dish itself is 1000 feet in diameter.
>
> They've invested a lot in preventative  maintenance.  There's a 
> permanent maintenance staff, and for serious engineering issues they 
> employ specialist contractors.  The installation has survived several 
> significant hurricanes passing directly through.  I guess that after 
> 57 years, old age finally got to it.  A tragedy.
>
> Cheers,
>      Darrel, aa7fv.
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