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14:28, 18-Nov-2017
China honors founding scientist of FAST telescope
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China honored on Friday Nan Rendong, founding scientist of the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST), with posthumous "role model of our times" title.
The Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee announced the title.
Nan had worked as the chief scientist of a team who selected the site for FAST and oversaw its construction since 1994, before his death on September 15, 2017 at the age of 72 due to sickness.
FAST, the world's largest single-dish radio telescope, has identified multiple pulsars after one year of trial operation. /Xinhua Photo
FAST, the world's largest single-dish radio telescope, has identified multiple pulsars after one year of trial operation. /Xinhua Photo
He had made a significant contribution to the FAST project and devoted to his work without considering personal gains, said a statement issued by the department.
As a true patriot, a devoted and selfless scientist and an upright person, he should be an example of all including scientists, the statement said.
FAST, currently, the world's largest single-dish radio telescope, has identified multiple pulsars after one year of trial operation, according to the National Astronomical Observatories of China (NAOC) in October.
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Source(s): Xinhua News Agency