Reflector to Be Installed on World’s Biggest Radio Telescope in Southwest China

Thousands of reflector panels will be hoisted and installed on the world’s largest radio telescope on Sunday in the mountains of southwest China’s Guizhou Province. More than 4,000 panels will be hoisted and form a huge reflector on the China-made 500-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope, shortened to FAST, which has been under construction since March 2011 in a natural, bowl-shaped valley in Guizhou. The main change to installation at this time of the year is the weather. “We can take protective measures