[ExI] China is opening the world's largest radio telescope up to international scientists

[Stathis Papaioannou]

On Wed, 23 Dec 2020 at 20:17, John Grigg via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> "Following the collapse of the historic *Arecibo Observatory*
> <https://www.space.com/20984-arecibo-observatory.html> in Puerto Rico,
> China has opened the biggest radio telescope in the world up to
> international scientists.
>
> In Pingtang, Guizhou province stands the *Five-hundred-meter Aperture
> Spherical Telescope*
> <https://www.space.com/33357-china-largest-radio-telescope-alien-life.html>
> (FAST), the largest radio telescope in the world, surpassing the Arecibo
> Observatory, which stood as the largest in the world for 53 years before
> the construction of FAST was completed in 2016. Following two cable
> failures earlier this year, Arecibo's radio telescope *collapsed in
> November*
> <https://www.space.com/arecibo-observatory-collapse-drone-video-nsf-evaluation>,
> shutting down the observatory for good. Now, FAST is opening its doors to
> astronomers from around the world. "
> And what would the long-term CCP motives be? Lol
>

They’re trying to show the world that they’re good guys by doing good
deeds. It’s a form of propaganda, but so what?
-- 
Stathis Papaioannou
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