Scientists Concerned About Plans to Make Telescope a Tourist Attraction

(Pingtang, Guizhou province) – A local government's plans to turn the world's largest single-dish radio telescope into a tourist attraction may hamper research, scientists said.

The Aperture Spherical Telescope (FAST) — a huge structure with a surface area the size of 30 soccer fields — was built in Pingtang, a remote county in the southwestern province of Guizhou province. It began tests on Sunday.