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Re:Arecibo telescope, on the brink of collapse, will be dism... by onecommentman on Thursday November 19, 2020 @03:44PM (#25154121)
I think the skyscrapers in NYC would beg to differ. But there is regular maintenance on those. Which is why this sounds like more like a failure in due diligence than the natural course of affairs.

But if it is obsolete, then that is another matter.

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Re:Arecibo telescope, on the brink of collapse, will be dism... by jacquesm on Thursday November 19, 2020 @05:39PM (#25155208)
Steel exposed to the weather is an entirely different story from steel inside a structure.
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