China completes world's largest alien-hunting telescope

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http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/china-completes-world-largest-alien-hunting-telescope-article-1.2698389?cid=bitly<P>

The final triangular panel in the world’s largest radio telescope was lowered into place this weekend as Chinese officials amped up the hunt for alien life.

If intelligent beings lurk in the universe, the spectacular new Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope (FAST) is uniquely equipped to find them, promised Peng Bo, director of the National Astronomical Observation (NAO).

Remember when the US used to go big on science?