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Signatures needed on petition to evaluate and stabilize the Arecibo radio telescope
On Wed, 2 Dec 2020 08:40:18 -0500, Keyser Söze
wrote: On 12/1/20 11:41 PM, Bill wrote: Wayne B wrote: On Tue, 1 Dec 2020 20:09:30 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote: John wrote: On Tue, 1 Dec 2020 07:05:41 -0800 (PST), " wrote: On Friday, November 27, 2020 at 2:59:18 PM UTC-5, Wayne B wrote: Signatures needed on petition to evaluate and stabilize the Arecibo radio telescope: "We urge emergency action to have the Army Corps of Engineers or another agency evaluate the telescope structure and search for a safe way to stabilize it," reads the petition to the White House, which had more than 28,000 signatures as of Friday. Space.com notes if the petition gets 100,000 signees by Dec. 21, the White House has to respond within two months. Jenniffer Gonzalez, Puerto Rico's resident commissioner, is also taking action, sending a letter to Congress last week to request funds to make repairs. The NSF maintains the structure is beyond safe renovation. "We understand the risk of going there and trying to fix it," Wilbert Ruperto-Hernandez, one of the organizers of the "Save the Arecibo Observatory" campaign, tells Space.com. "But not many people think that it should be an excuse to just demolish it." https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/petition-emergency-action-evaluate-and-stabilize-arecibo-radio-telescope And just like that, now it's gone... "SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico?A huge, already damaged radio telescope in Puerto Rico that has played a key role in astronomical discoveries for more than half a century completely collapsed on Tuesday. The telescope's 900-ton receiver platform fell onto the reflector dish more than 400 feet below." https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/huge-loss-huge-puerto-rico-radio-telescope-arecibo-collapses-following-n1249515 I reckon that solves that problem. Glad no one was hurt. -- Freedom Isn't Free! With the lack of maintenance, I hope whomever was in charge does not get another management position. === I agree but it's possible there was a funding issue. NSF facilities are constantly struggling for budget dollars. There are newer radio telescopes that have come online since Arecibo was built and they might have had a higher funding priority. Still, cable maintenance should be close to numero uno. I wonder what the cost of a replacement telescope we need for the advancement of science is in comparison to another aircraft carrier we don't need. I read somewhere that the aircraft carrier named after Gerry Ford cost about $13 billion. === I'm all for spending money on science but aircraft carriers are interesting from a strategic standpoint. They are like a little island of US territory that can be moved anywhere you want. And think of all those good union jobs involved in the construction and maintenance. :-) |
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Signatures needed on petition to evaluate and stabilize the Arecibo radio telescope
On Wed, 2 Dec 2020 08:40:18 -0500, Keyser Söze
wrote: On 12/1/20 11:41 PM, Bill wrote: Wayne B wrote: On Tue, 1 Dec 2020 20:09:30 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote: John wrote: On Tue, 1 Dec 2020 07:05:41 -0800 (PST), " wrote: On Friday, November 27, 2020 at 2:59:18 PM UTC-5, Wayne B wrote: Signatures needed on petition to evaluate and stabilize the Arecibo radio telescope: "We urge emergency action to have the Army Corps of Engineers or another agency evaluate the telescope structure and search for a safe way to stabilize it," reads the petition to the White House, which had more than 28,000 signatures as of Friday. Space.com notes if the petition gets 100,000 signees by Dec. 21, the White House has to respond within two months. Jenniffer Gonzalez, Puerto Rico's resident commissioner, is also taking action, sending a letter to Congress last week to request funds to make repairs. The NSF maintains the structure is beyond safe renovation. "We understand the risk of going there and trying to fix it," Wilbert Ruperto-Hernandez, one of the organizers of the "Save the Arecibo Observatory" campaign, tells Space.com. "But not many people think that it should be an excuse to just demolish it." https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/petition-emergency-action-evaluate-and-stabilize-arecibo-radio-telescope And just like that, now it's gone... "SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico?A huge, already damaged radio telescope in Puerto Rico that has played a key role in astronomical discoveries for more than half a century completely collapsed on Tuesday. The telescope's 900-ton receiver platform fell onto the reflector dish more than 400 feet below." https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/huge-loss-huge-puerto-rico-radio-telescope-arecibo-collapses-following-n1249515 I reckon that solves that problem. Glad no one was hurt. -- Freedom Isn't Free! With the lack of maintenance, I hope whomever was in charge does not get another management position. === I agree but it's possible there was a funding issue. NSF facilities are constantly struggling for budget dollars. There are newer radio telescopes that have come online since Arecibo was built and they might have had a higher funding priority. Still, cable maintenance should be close to numero uno. I wonder what the cost of a replacement telescope we need for the advancement of science is in comparison to another aircraft carrier we don't need. I read somewhere that the aircraft carrier named after Gerry Ford cost about $13 billion. In the grand scheme of things, this telescope is chump change. A couple percent of the $14 Billion in bribes they paid in this election would build a really nice one. |
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Signatures needed on petition to evaluate and stabilize the Arecibo radio telescope
On Wed, 2 Dec 2020 18:36:49 -0000 (UTC), Bill
wrote: wrote: On Wed, 2 Dec 2020 04:41:19 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote: Wayne B wrote: On Tue, 1 Dec 2020 20:09:30 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote: John wrote: On Tue, 1 Dec 2020 07:05:41 -0800 (PST), " wrote: On Friday, November 27, 2020 at 2:59:18 PM UTC-5, Wayne B wrote: Signatures needed on petition to evaluate and stabilize the Arecibo radio telescope: "We urge emergency action to have the Army Corps of Engineers or another agency evaluate the telescope structure and search for a safe way to stabilize it," reads the petition to the White House, which had more than 28,000 signatures as of Friday. Space.com notes if the petition gets 100,000 signees by Dec. 21, the White House has to respond within two months. Jenniffer Gonzalez, Puerto Rico's resident commissioner, is also taking action, sending a letter to Congress last week to request funds to make repairs. The NSF maintains the structure is beyond safe renovation. "We understand the risk of going there and trying to fix it," Wilbert Ruperto-Hernandez, one of the organizers of the "Save the Arecibo Observatory" campaign, tells Space.com. "But not many people think that it should be an excuse to just demolish it." https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/petition-emergency-action-evaluate-and-stabilize-arecibo-radio-telescope And just like that, now it's gone... "SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico?A huge, already damaged radio telescope in Puerto Rico that has played a key role in astronomical discoveries for more than half a century completely collapsed on Tuesday. The telescope's 900-ton receiver platform fell onto the reflector dish more than 400 feet below." https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/huge-loss-huge-puerto-rico-radio-telescope-arecibo-collapses-following-n1249515 I reckon that solves that problem. Glad no one was hurt. -- Freedom Isn't Free! With the lack of maintenance, I hope whomever was in charge does not get another management position. === I agree but it's possible there was a funding issue. NSF facilities are constantly struggling for budget dollars. There are newer radio telescopes that have come online since Arecibo was built and they might have had a higher funding priority. Still, cable maintenance should be close to numero uno. In a tropical island, steel has a life span and all the maintenance in the world is not going to change that much. The way I understand it this cable rusted from the inside out. Maintenance is also replacing the cables when they wear. Rust is wear. Can you imagine a ski resort maintenance supervisor blowing off broken wires in a chairlift cable? This is not a simple thing to "Replace the cables" in. The "chair" in this case is 900 tons and no easy place to set it down. |
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Signatures needed on petition to evaluate and stabilize theArecibo radio telescope
On 12/2/20 1:55 PM, Wayne B wrote:
On Wed, 2 Dec 2020 08:40:18 -0500, Keyser Söze wrote: On 12/1/20 11:41 PM, Bill wrote: Wayne B wrote: On Tue, 1 Dec 2020 20:09:30 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote: John wrote: On Tue, 1 Dec 2020 07:05:41 -0800 (PST), " wrote: On Friday, November 27, 2020 at 2:59:18 PM UTC-5, Wayne B wrote: Signatures needed on petition to evaluate and stabilize the Arecibo radio telescope: "We urge emergency action to have the Army Corps of Engineers or another agency evaluate the telescope structure and search for a safe way to stabilize it," reads the petition to the White House, which had more than 28,000 signatures as of Friday. Space.com notes if the petition gets 100,000 signees by Dec. 21, the White House has to respond within two months. Jenniffer Gonzalez, Puerto Rico's resident commissioner, is also taking action, sending a letter to Congress last week to request funds to make repairs. The NSF maintains the structure is beyond safe renovation. "We understand the risk of going there and trying to fix it," Wilbert Ruperto-Hernandez, one of the organizers of the "Save the Arecibo Observatory" campaign, tells Space.com. "But not many people think that it should be an excuse to just demolish it." https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/petition-emergency-action-evaluate-and-stabilize-arecibo-radio-telescope And just like that, now it's gone... "SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico?A huge, already damaged radio telescope in Puerto Rico that has played a key role in astronomical discoveries for more than half a century completely collapsed on Tuesday. The telescope's 900-ton receiver platform fell onto the reflector dish more than 400 feet below." https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/huge-loss-huge-puerto-rico-radio-telescope-arecibo-collapses-following-n1249515 I reckon that solves that problem. Glad no one was hurt. -- Freedom Isn't Free! With the lack of maintenance, I hope whomever was in charge does not get another management position. === I agree but it's possible there was a funding issue. NSF facilities are constantly struggling for budget dollars. There are newer radio telescopes that have come online since Arecibo was built and they might have had a higher funding priority. Still, cable maintenance should be close to numero uno. I wonder what the cost of a replacement telescope we need for the advancement of science is in comparison to another aircraft carrier we don't need. I read somewhere that the aircraft carrier named after Gerry Ford cost about $13 billion. === I'm all for spending money on science but aircraft carriers are interesting from a strategic standpoint. They are like a little island of US territory that can be moved anywhere you want. And think of all those good union jobs involved in the construction and maintenance. :-) We have enough aircraft carriers. I appreciate the great jobs building carriers provides, but the ironworkers, electricians, pipefitters, et cetera, could be building components for bridges, hospitals, treatment plants, power plants, AND a new super radio telescope. -- Bozo Bin resuscitated...John Herring in there, along with Bert Robbins, 452471atgmail.com, Just-AN-Asshole, Evangelical Tim, and Gunboy Alex. Oh, if you are in the Bozo Bin, it is because you are only here to insult or your posts lack wit or you are deadly dull, or a combination. In Just-AN-Asshole's case, it is all three. |
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Signatures needed on petition to evaluate and stabilize the Arecibo radio telescope
On Wed, 02 Dec 2020 13:55:18 -0500, Wayne B
wrote: On Wed, 2 Dec 2020 08:40:18 -0500, Keyser Söze wrote: On 12/1/20 11:41 PM, Bill wrote: Wayne B wrote: On Tue, 1 Dec 2020 20:09:30 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote: John wrote: On Tue, 1 Dec 2020 07:05:41 -0800 (PST), " wrote: On Friday, November 27, 2020 at 2:59:18 PM UTC-5, Wayne B wrote: Signatures needed on petition to evaluate and stabilize the Arecibo radio telescope: "We urge emergency action to have the Army Corps of Engineers or another agency evaluate the telescope structure and search for a safe way to stabilize it," reads the petition to the White House, which had more than 28,000 signatures as of Friday. Space.com notes if the petition gets 100,000 signees by Dec. 21, the White House has to respond within two months. Jenniffer Gonzalez, Puerto Rico's resident commissioner, is also taking action, sending a letter to Congress last week to request funds to make repairs. The NSF maintains the structure is beyond safe renovation. "We understand the risk of going there and trying to fix it," Wilbert Ruperto-Hernandez, one of the organizers of the "Save the Arecibo Observatory" campaign, tells Space.com. "But not many people think that it should be an excuse to just demolish it." https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/petition-emergency-action-evaluate-and-stabilize-arecibo-radio-telescope And just like that, now it's gone... "SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico?A huge, already damaged radio telescope in Puerto Rico that has played a key role in astronomical discoveries for more than half a century completely collapsed on Tuesday. The telescope's 900-ton receiver platform fell onto the reflector dish more than 400 feet below." https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/huge-loss-huge-puerto-rico-radio-telescope-arecibo-collapses-following-n1249515 I reckon that solves that problem. Glad no one was hurt. -- Freedom Isn't Free! With the lack of maintenance, I hope whomever was in charge does not get another management position. === I agree but it's possible there was a funding issue. NSF facilities are constantly struggling for budget dollars. There are newer radio telescopes that have come online since Arecibo was built and they might have had a higher funding priority. Still, cable maintenance should be close to numero uno. I wonder what the cost of a replacement telescope we need for the advancement of science is in comparison to another aircraft carrier we don't need. I read somewhere that the aircraft carrier named after Gerry Ford cost about $13 billion. === I'm all for spending money on science but aircraft carriers are interesting from a strategic standpoint. They are like a little island of US territory that can be moved anywhere you want. And think of all those good union jobs involved in the construction and maintenance. :-) I might agree with Harry more on this. Carriers are great for pummelling a 3d world country but they don't really add much to our national defense. In a war with any powerful country, our carriers would be artificial reefs in a week or so. (Zumwalt admitted that) They are great big targets you can't hide from satellites and would be easy pickings for a ballistic missile barrage. Our defenses are based on an attack from sea level, not warheads, maybe nuclear, falling out of space. |
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Signatures needed on petition to evaluate and stabilizethe Arecibo radio telescope
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On Wed, 2 Dec 2020 18:36:49 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote: wrote: On Wed, 2 Dec 2020 04:41:19 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote: Wayne B wrote: On Tue, 1 Dec 2020 20:09:30 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote: John wrote: On Tue, 1 Dec 2020 07:05:41 -0800 (PST), " wrote: On Friday, November 27, 2020 at 2:59:18 PM UTC-5, Wayne B wrote: Signatures needed on petition to evaluate and stabilize the Arecibo radio telescope: "We urge emergency action to have the Army Corps of Engineers or another agency evaluate the telescope structure and search for a safe way to stabilize it," reads the petition to the White House, which had more than 28,000 signatures as of Friday. Space.com notes if the petition gets 100,000 signees by Dec. 21, the White House has to respond within two months. Jenniffer Gonzalez, Puerto Rico's resident commissioner, is also taking action, sending a letter to Congress last week to request funds to make repairs. The NSF maintains the structure is beyond safe renovation. "We understand the risk of going there and trying to fix it," Wilbert Ruperto-Hernandez, one of the organizers of the "Save the Arecibo Observatory" campaign, tells Space.com. "But not many people think that it should be an excuse to just demolish it." https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/petition-emergency-action-evaluate-and-stabilize-arecibo-radio-telescope And just like that, now it's gone... "SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico?A huge, already damaged radio telescope in Puerto Rico that has played a key role in astronomical discoveries for more than half a century completely collapsed on Tuesday. The telescope's 900-ton receiver platform fell onto the reflector dish more than 400 feet below." https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/huge-loss-huge-puerto-rico-radio-telescope-arecibo-collapses-following-n1249515 I reckon that solves that problem. Glad no one was hurt. -- Freedom Isn't Free! With the lack of maintenance, I hope whomever was in charge does not get another management position. === I agree but it's possible there was a funding issue. NSF facilities are constantly struggling for budget dollars. There are newer radio telescopes that have come online since Arecibo was built and they might have had a higher funding priority. Still, cable maintenance should be close to numero uno. In a tropical island, steel has a life span and all the maintenance in the world is not going to change that much. The way I understand it this cable rusted from the inside out. Maintenance is also replacing the cables when they wear. Rust is wear. Can you imagine a ski resort maintenance supervisor blowing off broken wires in a chairlift cable? This is not a simple thing to "Replace the cables" in. The "chair" in this case is 900 tons and no easy place to set it down. Attach parallel cables to start. Maybe decide 900 tons is a few too many tons. How much of that weight is old, unused or broken equipment? |
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