This comment suggests that you did not read the article. I will quote some of the key points that you may have missed: 1. "The cable that broke this week was n

This comment suggests that you did not read the article. I will quote some of the key points that you may have missed: 1. "The cable that broke this week was not one of the main support cables but one of several auxiliary ones" 2. "Because it contained a lot of stored energy from tension, it flailed around wildly, damaging the Gregorian dome and the main reflector of the dish" 3. "Typically, such cables don’t fail in that way"