https://www.msn.com/en-us/video/news/video-of-powerful-telescope-collapsing/vi-BB1bBMQe?ocid=msedgntp (https://www.msn.com/en-us/video/news/video-of-powerful-telescope-collapsing/vi-BB1bBMQe?ocid=msedgntp)
The Arecibo Observatory telescope in Puerto Rico collapsed. It was scheduled to be dismantled; a cable break had weakened the structure. No one was hurt.
This place was in a lot of movies. Anyone remember any?
I remember an episode of the PBS kids science show "321 Contact" & an episode of The X-Files...
There's a new one in China now that was featured on last week's episode of Fox's Cosmos.
didn't they record space chatter
According to the IMDB, it was used in GolenEye, Species & Contact.
https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?locations=Arecibo%20Observatory,%20Arecibo,%20Puerto%20Rico (https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?locations=Arecibo%20Observatory,%20Arecibo,%20Puerto%20Rico)