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Have the Chinese been approached about FAST?
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SongBird Send message Joined: 23 Oct 01 Posts: 104 Credit: 164,826,157 RAC: 297 |
This is a question that only a handful of SETI staff can actually answer but nonetheless let me post it here... Have the Chinese been approached for installation of a piggyback device, similar to the one installed on Arecibo, for the FAST radio telescope currently under construction? |
edjcox Send message Joined: 20 May 99 Posts: 96 Credit: 5,878,353 RAC: 0 |
Really is a great opportunity to acquire additional data. Five hundred meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST) in Pingtang County, China Never engage stupid people at their level, they then have the home court advantage..... |
chenminghao Send message Joined: 8 Dec 15 Posts: 5 Credit: 1,666 RAC: 0 |
The translation is really tricky |
SongBird Send message Joined: 23 Oct 01 Posts: 104 Credit: 164,826,157 RAC: 297 |
China Telescope to Displace 9,000 Villagers in Hunt for Extraterrestrials http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/18/world/asia/china-fast-telescope-guizhou-relocation.html It's in the New York Times. I'm putting the answer to my question as a definite maybe! |
JakeTheDog Send message Joined: 3 Nov 13 Posts: 153 Credit: 2,585,912 RAC: 0 |
NYT has a paywall for me. But I read that the Chinese gov only gave those people 1k-2k USD for relocation. That doesn't sound like a lot. Or maybe it is, depending on their property value, or if they even own their own homes? I did hear they do this a lot. They evicted 3 million people for the 2008 Olympics. I suppose all governments have that problem. In the US, commercial developers sometimes have the local governments force people out of their homes with unfair compensation. |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30650 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
In which case do we actually want anything to do with it on moral grounds? Question is moot. Their government does not want anyone to be able to gain state secrets and everything related to this project is a state secret. |
KLiK Send message Joined: 31 Mar 14 Posts: 1304 Credit: 22,994,597 RAC: 60 |
NYT has a paywall for me. But I read that the Chinese gov only gave those people 1k-2k USD for relocation. That doesn't sound like a lot. Or maybe it is, depending on their property value, or if they even own their own homes? I did hear they do this a lot. They evicted 3 million people for the 2008 Olympics. I suppose all governments have that problem. In the US, commercial developers sometimes have the local governments force people out of their homes with unfair compensation. they get sthg like $3.000 per year of salaries, when you check the data: non-profit org. Play4Life in Zagreb, Croatia, EU |
Jon Golding Send message Joined: 20 Apr 00 Posts: 105 Credit: 841,861 RAC: 0 |
Recent article by the BBC reports on the final stages of construction of FAST http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-36336006 |
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