HI DAN. If it is the big cable then it will take some works to fix. I used to work there
On Wed, Aug 12, 2020, 06:39 Dan Werthimer <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > sad news about arecibo damage from broken cable: > > photo of damaged dish in this news piece: > > > https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/9358be/a-broken-cable-has-wrecked-one-of-earths-largest-radio-telescopes > > > a few details : > > Becker, Tracy M. [email protected] via > <https://support.google.com/mail/answer/1311182?hl=en> berkeley.edu > 4:16 AM (10 hours ago) > Reply > to [email protected] > > Dear AO Users, > > > > We have unfortunate news to share with the AO community. Early yesterday > morning one of the auxiliary cables at tower 4 of the Arecibo Observatory > experienced a failure. > > > > Fortunately, there were no resulting injuries to our team. The cable > failure damaged 250 panels of the primary dish, as well as 6-8 panels on > the Gregorian Dome. > > > > The telescope is currently undergoing inspections so that the following > tasks can be accomplished: > > - Safely remove debris, preventing them from causing more damage. > - Position the Gregorian dome in a structurally stable (stow) position. > - Develop a plan for damage repair > > > > *There will be no observations at the Arecibo Observatory for at least two > weeks.* > > > > As soon as we have completed our initial assessment, we will share more > details regarding the cable failure and our plans going forward to address > this issue. > > > > We thank the AO community for their support at this time. > > > > Sincerely, > > Ray Lugo, Francisco Cordova, and the AO management team > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups " > [email protected]" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/a/lists.berkeley.edu/d/msgid/casper/CAGHS_vGcew7jcgZm6sqdW2hVoOWD4uFwc19LTcok7WLFJU5N7w%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/a/lists.berkeley.edu/d/msgid/casper/CAGHS_vGcew7jcgZm6sqdW2hVoOWD4uFwc19LTcok7WLFJU5N7w%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "[email protected]" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/a/lists.berkeley.edu/d/msgid/casper/CAA1FmcVAFZhJpvB6%2BTiBpc6WKbMT7yWvfzbV%3DXSpaucwW%2B_TSQ%40mail.gmail.com.
