The reporter learned from the recent meeting of Guizhou Province Science and Technology awards that the 500-metre spherical radio telescope (FAST), known as the ' China Sky Eye ', has found 43 pulsars. China's renowned astronomer, National Observatory researcher of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fast Engineering chief engineer and chief scientist Nan Rendong and his team, created the world's largest and most sensitive single aperture radio telescope ' sky eye ', so that China's astronomical research level continues to lead the world 20.
Last September 15, Nan Rendong died of illness at the age of 72.
After Nan Rendong left, what happened to the ' eye '? Science and Technology Daily reporter recently in the ' Sky Eye ' see, Nan Rendong is always ' the first to climb up ' the 6 support tower, now still stand there, become the spiritual symbol here.
Sweltering heat, distant view of the ' sky Eye ' viewing platform, stood full of tourists.
It's branded ' South teacher ' here. Zhang Shuyun every day with the lens of the fast project to record the drip.
As deputy director of the Radio Astronomy Research Department of the National Astronomical Observatory of CAS, Zhang Shuyun, Vice general manager of Fast Engineering, has been with Nan Rendong all the time, now everyone uses the Nan Rendong photos, the basic is that he photographed. Zhang Shuyun and his colleagues are still running for the fast project. When encountering difficulties, many colleagues will say what the South teacher said at that time, what the South teacher was thinking.
Zhang Shuyun said, although Nan Rendong left everyone, but he has become a spiritual symbol here, in the face of difficulties, we always think of South teacher, and then find a way to solve. We can't forget Nan Rendong, because every step of fast has his shadow. In order to fast project, Nan Rendong in this piece of land, mountain travel for 12 years, from site selection, research, project to feasibility study, preliminary design to the final goal, hands-on.
He was 70 years old and still adhere to the forefront of the work, with a decade of grinding the spirit and perseverance for the construction of world-class level of ' China Sky Eye ' telescope unremitting efforts.
China Association for Science and Technology and the Chinese Academy of Sciences last September 25 jointly issued a proposal to the vast number of scientific and technological workers, learning Nan Rendong, perseverance and perseverance of the scientific spirit. In 2009, Jiangpeng graduated from the Fast Project team and later became an assistant to Nan Rendong.
Now, he has become the ' pillar '. There are more and more people coming to fast, and Jiangpeng often introduces fast to the guests.
July 11, in a more than 20-minute briefing, the name ' South teacher ' appeared in his mouth 10 times.
Science and Technology Daily reporter found here, fast has been deeply hit the ' South teacher ' brand.
To make fast a useful telescope A large number of calibration work, high reliability equipment, accurate time-frequency system, radio environment protection, automated control systems, large data storage and reprocessing systems ...
Today, the fast project into the commissioning phase, there are a lot of tedious work to do. ' The system functional integration of the telescope is an example, to participate in the telescope Construction unit no fewer than dozens of, each enterprise to complete their own local commissioning even completed their jobs. ' Jiangpeng said, ' The Feed support control system is divided into 5 subsystems, and it is very heavy work to integrate these fragmented systems.
' Debugging Team Sun Jinghai and Yang Qingliang at this time to take the heavy burden, lasted 4 months of hard struggle, a line of code to modify, and finally completed the Feed support control system functional integration. In the past, as long as we see the teacher in the south, we have the confidence in the heart. Now we use South teacher in the daily work to teach you the scientific spirit, team spirit to overcome problems.
' said Zhang Shuyun.
Zhang Shuyun told reporters that one day he was finishing Nan Rendong pictures, video materials, a young man came in, looked at a photo, said: ' I think the South teacher did not go, just to go on a business trip has not come back ... '
Business trip, was once the most day-to-day work of Nan Rendong.
From 1994 to 2005 of 11 years, he often travel to Guizhou, traveled hundreds of Waterloo, just for fast find a ' home ';
In order to raise funds, he often travel to become a ' salesman ', conference, China foreign, every person on the promotion of China's Big Telescope project;
In order to solve the fast construction process encountered many problems, he often travel to various places ... ' South teacher dares the person first, the Perseverance persistent scientific spirit has been here.
' said Zhang Shuyun.
Every time you introduce the situation to the guests, Jiangpeng will reveal the voice of the team and himself.
Can not forget the beginner's mind: we want to make a good telescope;
Future good vision: hope that the later people use this equipment;
Must accept the reality: We will also be the past when ... ' Look forward to this time next year, it will become a useful telescope.
' The biggest measure of a telescope is its ease of use, ' says Jiangpeng, a lifelong pursuit for South teachers.
Expert comments
Although Nan Rendong has left, but fast still has a piece of his spiritual territory, colleagues to work with his past, from time to time, new colleagues to cross-examine his story, the outside attention to his hands to create the ' eye ' of the latest progress. In the search for science, there is no flat road to go, only those who bravely climb on the rugged path of the people, only hope to reach the glorious peak. Nan Rendong is different from ordinary people, his heart does not change at the beginning of dozens of, vowed, for the heart of Faith, willing to press down the body, in the deep mountains to overcome difficulties, step by step forward;
Nan Rendong and ordinary people are no different, he relies on his feet for fast location, rely on both hands to do experiments, with the most ' stupid ' approach, to create a new world. Nan Rendong Although left, but its pioneers, perseverance and perseverance of the scientific spirit, here has been passed on.
Every day, fast is very quiet, the researchers here to look at the sky, silently adhere to the mystery of the unknown. A nation has a group of people looking at the stars, only hope.
We will look to the sky, down to Earth, along the established road, has been walking down. The fast world after Nan Rendong left
