Arecibo Radio Observatory Damaged by Broken Cable
cmdrklarg writes:
Arecibo Observatory featured in James Bond film "Goldeneye" shut down:
The famous observatory in Arecibo, Puerto Rico, featured in the James Bond movie "GoldenEye," has been forced to temporarily close after a broken cable smashed through the side of its massive dish.
Around 2:45 a.m. Monday, a three-inch auxiliary cable that helped support a metal platform broke, according to a news release from the University of Central Florida. UCF manages the facility alongside Universidad Ana G. Mendez and Yang Enterprises, Inc.
When the cable broke, it created a 100-foot gash in the telescope's 1,000-foot-long reflector dish, according to UCF. It also damaged about six to eight panels along the observatory's Gregorian Dome, which is suspended over the reflector dish.
Also at WIRED and Science Mag
[Ed Note - Arecibo was also a filming location for the movies Contact and Species.]
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