Oak Ridge National Laboratory: Neutrons Prove 'Bond Villain' Did Not Cause Arecibo Telescope Collapse
August 15, 2023
August 15, 2023
OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Aug. 15 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release:
For more than half a century, the 1,000-foot-diameter spherical reflector dish at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico was the largest radio telescope in the world. Completed in 1963, the dish was built in a natural sinkhole, with the telescope's feed antenna suspended 500 feet above the dish on a 1.8-million-pound steel platform. Three concret . . .
For more than half a century, the 1,000-foot-diameter spherical reflector dish at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico was the largest radio telescope in the world. Completed in 1963, the dish was built in a natural sinkhole, with the telescope's feed antenna suspended 500 feet above the dish on a 1.8-million-pound steel platform. Three concret . . .