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		markrages on Aug 14, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Arecibo radio telescope goes dark after snapped ca... For the benefit of other engineers who have not read the article: The damage was done by a wire rope, not an electrical cable.

oasisbob on Aug 14, 2020 [–]

Glad I'm not the only one who initially read "cable" as more likely to be electrical than structural.

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