The Chinese built the largest radio telescope

The size of the reflective object within a radius of 500 meters.

In 2016, in China's Guizhou Province, FAST, the world's largest radio telescope, was filled. Its construction cost $ 180 million.

The size of the reflective object exceeds 500 meters and the area has about 30 football fields. Looking at FAST pulsars, interstellar gas explores and analyzes objects in the era of reionization (550 million to 800 million years after the Big Bang). The radio telescope works in test mode, but found 53 stars, a pulsar. Its full launch is scheduled for the first half of 2019.

These plans can be broken. The subject of the research was non-technical problems, writes the South China Morning Post. For FAST are unable to recruit specialists, who will analyze the data.

The radio telescope is located in a mountainous region of southwestern China, where scientists are reluctant to move. Around him a small village. At the same time, run FAST from the five kilometer zone around another and evict about 9,000 local residents.

Plan to hire about two dozen researchers, the administration object is not yet filled. In an interview with the local press, the director of FAST said that the object only worked by 20 scientists, half of the required composition.

According to the queries published by the candidates, fluency in English and the desire to live long and work in remote areas are necessary. They offer about 100,000 yuan ($ 14,000) a year. It is a contract work and not a permanent job.

Also FAST with 2017 in search of the main scientist, who will lead the work of the telescope. To cooperate invite foreign specialists, offering a premium of about $ 1.2 million in research funds.

Salary, according to statements by the employer (National Observatory of China Astronomy), equal rates for similar positions in Western countries. In addition, the job holder will receive various bonuses, such as free hosting. But while this recruitment activity is not successful.