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#flashbackfriday #telescopedisaster
November 1988 - Collapse of the 300-foot radiotelescope in Green Bank ☠️
➡️ https://public.nrao.edu/gallery/the-collapsed-300foot-telescope
➡️ https://videos.space.com/m/OuWcXIdG/otd-in-space-nov-15-green-banks-300-foot-telescope-collapses#universe #astronomy #astrophysics #space #science #research #astrodon #observatory #telescope #radiotelescope #gbt #greenbank #engineering
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#flashbackfriday #telescopedisaster
December 1997 - An Air Force cruise missile fired from a B-52H bomber crashes into trailers of computer equipment for cosmic ray telescopes in Utah 👀
➡️ https://science.org/content/article/missile-damages-telescope-computers
➡️ https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1997/12/12/unarmed-missile-strays-from-test-course-into-research-gear/7787118f-8354-419c-a516-e092c60495fe#universe #astronomy #astrophysics #space #science #research #astrodon #observatory #telescope #cosmicrays #blackhole #galaxies #darkmatter #dugway #utah #airforce #missile #b52