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Chinas BIGGG New Telescope - .3 of a mile

_Tombstone_ · 2015-12-08 01:05:50

It's called The Five hundred meter Aperture Spherical Telescope (FAST) and it'll be the biggest in the world when it's finished next year. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJyrDqFIE5o China looks to the stars with creation of world's largest radio telescope (English Vid) It'll be replacing the Arecibo Observatory as the…

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08-12-2015 2:05am

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It's called The Five hundred meter Aperture Spherical Telescope (FAST) and it'll be the biggest in the world when it's finished next year.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJyrDqFIE5o

China looks to the stars with creation of world's largest radio telescope (English Vid)

It'll be replacing the Arecibo Observatory as the biggest.

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#2 08-12-2015 3:45am
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Looks like the one in that james bond film, was it tomorrow never dies?. Or was that just a set?

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#3 08-12-2015 4:01am
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What scientist measures things in miles?

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Whats the pollution like there?

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#5 08-12-2015 7:18pm
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bogwalrus wrote: »

Looks like the one in that james bond film, was it tomorrow never dies?. Or was that just a set?

That was Golden Eye and it was real on location at Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico

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