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FAST: The Celestial Eye

FAST: The Celestial Eye

G 2021 · 52 min · Documentary

China's FAST (Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope) can detect radio signals emitted tens of thousands of light-years away, and engineers have faced unprecedented challenges in constructing a giant radio receptor nestled amid mountains. From novel technological innovations to architectural challenges, we follow every step that gave birth to the biggest radio telescope ever constructed.

Directed by Fabrice Gardel · Written by Edward Beucler

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