Science
Huge Puerto Rico radio telescope, already damaged, collapses – Sydney Morning Herald
The collapse stunned many scientists who had relied on what was until recently the largest radio telescope in the world.
It sounded like a rumble. I knew exactly what it was, said Jonathan Friedman, who worked for 26 years as a senior research associate at the observatory and still lives near it.
I was screaming. Personally, I was out of control…. I don’t have words to express it. It’s a very deep, terrible feeling.
Friedman ran up a small hill near his home and confirmed his suspicions: A cloud of dust hung in the air where the structure once stood, demolishing hopes held by some scientists that the telescope could…
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