Brain-burning interview, but very FAST

As a technology worker

What is the most important quality?

In the eyes of Jiang Peng, chief engineer of FAST, the "Chinese Sky Eye"

"Truth-seeking and pragmatic"

Because many scientific research works cannot see results immediately

so

"To be able to endure loneliness for a long time

"I can sit on the bench"

Nan Rendong, the father of "China's Sky Eye"

This is the practitioner

He used to lean on a bamboo pole

Drink muddy water and eat cold dry food

Risking one's life

I have traveled almost all the depressions in Guizhou.

Finally, the most suitable site for FAST construction was selected.

This is a photo of Nan Rendong taken in August 2010. Photo by Zhang Shuxin, Xinhua News Agency

Although Nan Rendong left

But his precious spirit

But passed down from generation to generation

Jiang Peng, chief engineer of FAST, the current "Chinese Sky Eye"

It is one of the representatives

During the two sessions

National People's Congress Representative

Executive Deputy Director of FAST Operation and Development Center

Chief Engineer Jiang Peng

Guest of Xinhuanet's Two Sessions Special Interview "New Journey · Strugglers"

Tell us about the deep mountains of Guizhou

"Sky Eye People" Guarding "Sky Eye"

Star-chasing story of watching the stars

1

Since FAST was put into operation

Achieved fruitful results

Jiang Peng said

FAST has been in operation for nearly three years

Achieved fruitful results

Including the discovery of more than 740 pulsars

At the same time, international

The most efficient telescope to discover pulsars

In the past two years

FAST basically covers all the scientific goals originally designed

Including pulsar physics, fast radio bursts

Including neutral hydrogen, galaxy formation and evolution , etc.

besides

Several papers based on FAST data

In Nature

and Science

Published in magazine

Some of them are featured as cover articles

Selected as one of the top ten scientific breakthroughs and discoveries in 2020

The following two years

The "Top Ten Scientific Advances" selected by academicians of the two Chinese academies

All of them contain the results of FAST.

It is also a full affirmation

2

Jiang Peng: The most important thing is

Ensuring efficient operation of the telescope

Jiang Peng said

At present, the most important thing is to ensure the efficient operation of the telescope

This is the most basic guarantee for all scientific output

FAST is an extremely complex telescope system.

Requires more cumbersome operation and maintenance work

A trivial thing

As long as this thing has not been done

To make it perfect once

It's not an easy task

No one has ever used this telescope.

It takes a lot of thinking and preparation in advance.

3

Jiang Peng: I think I am lucky enough

Jiang Peng said:

“FAST is very important to me.

It is a very valuable experience in life.

Meets all my requirements for an ideal job

It's like completing an impossible task

I consider myself lucky enough.”

Jiang Peng believes

As a technology worker

The most important qualities are truth-seeking and pragmatism

The frontline of scientific research is the forefront of producing scientific value

To ensure the enthusiasm of frontline researchers

This is very important

To provide more outstanding scientific and technological talents

Stay at the forefront of scientific research with peace of mind and willingness

4

As a representative of the National People's Congress

Focus on FAST issues

Jiang Peng's proposal

Mainly around FAST suggestions

He said

Competition in astronomy is still relatively fierce

We must have a sense of crisis

How to maintain FAST's leading position among similar international equipment?

Leading Capabilities or Core Competencies

This requires us

Continuously improving the performance of the FAST telescope

Source: Xinhuanet Xinhua Interview