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>what kind of design is going to replace it? FAST [0] can be considered an Arecibo replacement, see the comparison chapter on the wiki page. Though it is built
by fuoqi 6y ago
>what kind of design is going to replace it?
FAST [0] can be considered an Arecibo replacement, see the comparison chapter on the wiki page. Though it is built in China, so some may say that it's not a replacement for the US and the West science community.
[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five-hundred-meter_Aperture_Spherical_Telescope https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five-hundred-meter_Aperture_Sp...
- JshWright 6y agoFAST doesn't have some of the more interesting capabilities of Arecibo (most notably, the ability to perform radar astronomy).