“The observatory “is 50 years old, and there’s never been a situation where suddenly a whole bunch of different strands are breaking,”” No mention of design li

“The observatory “is 50 years old, and there’s never been a situation where suddenly a whole bunch of different strands are breaking,”” No mention of design life. I’d imagine fifty years is a magic number in some aging tests and specs. Their inspection process was visual, but that’s 20-20 hindsight. No preventive maintenance program mentioned, again 20-20 hindsight. You wonder about languor and island time culture colliding with cold, precise machines...