What To Do About Arecibo

February 18, 2021
Arecibo Observatory
The 1,000-ft. dia. Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico is being dismantled after support cables holding a 950-ton instrument platform failed.
Credit: Arecibo Observatory/NSF
The University of Central Florida, which manages the National Science Foundation’s Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico, was about to begin a new phase of work to repair hurricane damage when a cable supporting the observatory’s Gregorian dome slipped from its socket, causing a 100-ft.-long gash on...

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