China displaces 9000 residents to build world’s largest radio telescope
FEB 16, 2016
DOI: 10.1063/PT.5.029576
Guardian : Construction of the Five Hundred Meter Aperture Spherical Telescope (FAST) started five years ago in the Chinese province of Guizhou and is expected to be completed by September. The telescope’s diameter is 200 m larger than that of the Arecibo telescope, which turned 50 in 2013 . To ensure minimal signal interference for the 1.2 billion yuan ($184 million) project, the Chinese government has decided to relocate more than 9000 residents from an area within a 5 km radius around the telescope, and it is providing each resident with 12 000 yuan ($1800) in compensation.
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