500 Meter Aperture Spherical Telescope [CLOTH ]

This volume presents the first definitive, full-length account of the construction of the Five-Hundred-Meter Aperture Spherical Telescope (FAST), currently the world's largest single-aperture radio telescope. Based on over a year of on-site fieldwork and exclusive access to the project archives, the authors chronicle the complete lifecycle of this mega-science infrastructure— from the complex site selection in Guizhou's karst depressions to the engineering breakthroughs required to build the Sky Eye. Beyond the technical engineering, the book offers a rare biographical record of Nan Rendong, the chief scientist and engineer, preserving the oral history of the scientific team. It serves as a primary source for scholars researching radio astronomy, infrastructure development, and the history of modern science in China.Meng Zemin, Buyi ethnicity, member of the Chinese Writers Association, is a specialist in documentary literature.His epresentative works include The Military Soul to Stay Between the Two Mountains, Black Blood in the Southern Sky, Look Back Has Been Far, Love Passes Away, Finish the Marriage, and so on. After 20 years of interviews, Black Blood in the Southern Sky is the first full-length reportage literature in China that describes the tragic history from the defense of Guilin in 1944 to the end of the Qiannan Incident in a panoramic way.Preface • viiIntroduction • 1Chapter IGuizhou: The Selected Site for FAST • 5I. Open for Operation • 6II. A Crazy Plan • 8III. 12 Years of Site Selection • 18IV. Dedicated • 33Chapter IIRoad Construction • 43I. Twenty Years Ago • 44II. Committed • 48III. The Road That Connects • 53Chapter IIICompletion of FAST • 61I. Peng Bo: The Glorious Years • 61II. Duan BlSM