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2026-07-28 21:11 UTC
The telescope was originally designed in the 1950s when nothing quite like it had been built - it was the largest fully steerable radio telescope in the world. It was designed by Charles Husband who was a bridge builder from Sheffield. So the structure has some elements of bridges to it.
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@slowe@mastodon.me.uk 2026-07-28 21:17
At the top of the lift you are still in the tower that rotates the dish in altitude (up/down). So you are still on a structure that has a floor that is always parallel to the ground. But you then have to step over onto this gantry that moves with the dish. Obviously you only do this when the dish is "parked" pointing upwards.