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

[John Grigg]

"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

https://www.livescience.com/china-fast-radio-telescope-open-international-scientists.html
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