中国找到不到人来操作射电望远镜的原因 [美国媒体]

The ReasonChina Can’t Find Anyone to Operate Its Alien-Hunting Telescope

中国找到不到人来操作射电望远镜的原因

 

China continues to up its game in spacesciences, including one particularly ambitious project, the world’s largestradio telescope. There’s just one problem: they can’t find anyone to operateit.

中国不断提升自己的太空科技水平，这其中就包括雄心勃勃的世界上最大的射电望远镜项目。

The country’s government is looking to hirea foreigner as chief scientist to oversee the telescope’s daily operation,reports the South China Morning News, and it’s even offering free housing and a$1.2 million salary to boot. But no one has been hired, presumably because ofchallenges associated with the job and the high level of requirements needed toeven apply.

但是这个项目有个问题：找不到人来操作它。据南华早报报道，中国政府正在寻求雇佣一位外国人来当这个项目的首席科学家，总领望远镜的日常运作，除了开出免费住房的条件外还有120万美元的薪水。但目前还没有招到人，招不到人的原因，很可能是因为该工作所带来的挑战和需要的技能水平太高，以致合格者寥寥。

The “Five-hundred-meter Aperture SphericalTelescope”, or FAST, is a $180 million, 1,600 foot-long radio telescope that’scapable of receiving radio signals from as far as 1,000 light years away; makingit a leading instrument in the search for alien life. To give you an idea ofits scale, FAST is roughly the size of 30 soccer fields.

500米口径球面望远镜，简称FAST，是一个耗资180亿美元，直径有1600英尺的射电望远镜，可以接收到远达1000光年外的电讯号，这使得它成为搜寻外星生命的首选设备。如果你不清楚它到底有多大，我们可以拿足球场做个比较，它大概有30个足球场那么大。

In 2016, Breakthrough Initiatives — anorganization founded by Russian billionaire Yuri Milner to investigate extraterrestrials— partnered with China to get the telescope online, but despite suchhigh-profile backing, nobody has come forward to fill this managerial role.

2016年，“突破计划”——由俄罗斯亿万富翁尤里米尔纳赞助的旨在寻找外星生命的组织——与中国合作启动该天文望远镜，但即使得到了这么高调的支持，望远镜却找不到人来运行。

There are probably a couple of reasons why:

其原因可能有如下几点：

It's a really, really big telescope.

它真的是一个非常非常大的望远镜。

Although FAST was completed last year, thechief operator would be contending with some significant technical variables.Important components, such as the signal receiver and over 4,500 moveablereflection panels on the telescope’s dish require extensive testing and calibration,according to South China Morning News. A chief operator would likely have notime for their own research, working long and irregular hours, managing thetelescope in its infant years. The project’s location may also seem less thanideal to some, as its nestled in the mountains of Guizhou, a very remote andundeveloped part of southwest China.

FAST去年就已完工，首席操作员需要满足很多高标准的技术因素。据南华早报报道，望远镜的重要组件，比如讯号接收器以及望远镜圆盘上的4500片可移动反射面板，都需要进一步测试和校准。首席操作员将没有自己的研究时间，工作时间长且不规律，在最初几年里都要一直管理望远镜。望远镜的位置对某些人来说可能也不太理想，在中国西南部极不发达的偏远贵州大山里。

It’s become even more remote, in fact,because in February of 2016, the Chinese government evicted about 9,110residents within a 3.1 mile radius of the telescope, claiming they couldpotentially mess with the electromagnetic wave environment, and offering ameasly $1,822 in compensation. It was an unlikely occurrence, considering most(or possibly all) of the rural villagers wouldn’t have sophisticated technologyat their disposal to actually do that. But anyway…

望远镜的地点可不止偏远，2016年12月，中国政府迁移了望远镜周围3.1英里内的9110位居民，并仅对每位居民提供了1822美元赔偿，称他们可能会影响电磁波环境。这种干扰情况不太可能发生，因为他们都是农村村民，根部不会懂得这么复杂的干扰技术。但是搬都搬了……

The candidate requirements are intense,too. The winning applicant must have 20 years of experience and must have helda leading role on a large-scale radio telescope project — because there are somany of those. The job also requires the successful applicant to have held aprofessorship or equally senior role at a highly respected research instituteor university. Wang Tinggui, a professor of astrophysics at the University ofScience and Technology of China told South China Morning News that it’s a tallorder.

招聘条件对候选者的要求很高。合格的申请者必须要有20年参与并领导大型射电望远镜项目的经验——因为这样的人真是太多了。同时要求必须要在名牌研究所或大学担任教授或与此相当的高级职位。中国科技大学的空间物理学教授王廷贵对南华早报说，要求太高了。

“These requirements are very high. It puts most astronomers out ofthe race. I may be able to count those qualified with my fingers.” he said

他说，“这些要求非常高，把大部分天文学家都排除掉了。合格的人我一只手都能数过来。”

“It is not a job for a scientist. It’s for a superhero.”

“这不是在招科学家，是在招超级英雄。”


jj11 hours ago
sounds like an American employer who wants20 years experience, but only wants to pay minimum wage.

听起来好像美国老板，想找一个20年经验的人，却只愿意给最低工资。

keep it real!52 minutes ago
This totally went over Takkas head....he orshe should totally apply. I think the commenter was meaning. US companies want20 year experience but want to pay minimum wage. Its sarcasm....not saying 1.2million is minimum wage.

塔卡斯【好市多老板】绝对这么想过。我觉得你说得对，有些美国公司想找20年工作经验的员工，却只愿意给最低工资，太讽刺了，我不是说120万美元很低……

religion_is_retarded2 hours ago
oh you noticed that, too? i've been tryingto find a programming job for ages but they want a bachelor's degree and 5years experience. ok.. well i have 20 years experience programming whilelooking for a damn job how's that?!

你也注意到了？几年来我一直想找个编程的工作，他们想要找个本科毕业5年工作经验的，好啊，可我有20年编程经验还在他妈找工作。

FakeNews6 hours ago
Well it is China, 2 dollars an hour to makethe apple I pad.

那可是中国，2美元一小时的工资就能做出Ipad来。

Takka8 hours ago
If minimum wage is 1.2 million dollars notto mention free housing I wouldn't complain. They're paying generously I'd say.

如果说120万美元还算最低工资，并且还给免费住房，还有什么可抱怨的。要我说他们挺大方的。

Chris C8 hours ago
$1.2 million/year is minimum?

120万美元一年是最低工资？

DittaL10 hours ago
Sounds like a fun job looking for aliensand not hiding them like you know were

找外星人，这工作挺有意思啊。

Snake Plissken11 hours ago
Point it towards California. You will findall the aliens you want.

把它对准加利福尼亚，你想找什么样的外星人都能找着。

PhilipM6 minutes ago
You live in Cali i take it

我懂了，你住在加利福尼亚。

Corw21 hour ago
damn that was funny....haha... clown

卧槽，太搞笑了，哈哈

KARLS13 hours ago
I can understand the evacuation part. Ihave visited Green Bank Radio Telescopes in West Virginia, they have a no cellphone ban in their frequency band (around 840 MHZ) on the grounds there. Also,the vehicles that drive between buildings are diesel so the sparks wouldn'tsend stray RF into the dishes. The largest radio telescope there is 100 meters.So their 500 meter could pick up a light switch being turned on, a microwaveoven working or an internal combustion engine of any kind (car, truck tractor,lawnmower,etc) even that far (3.1 miles) away. But that 1 chief scientist mayneed a large staff to keep something that big working as it should.

撤离居民的事我可以理解。我去过西弗吉尼亚的绿岸射电望远镜，在那也是禁止在一定频率范围（840兆赫左右）内使用手机。汽车也都是柴油的，因为电火花会对望远镜产生干扰。那最大的射电望远镜直径才100米。所以500米的望远镜连开关闭合的讯号都接收的到，即使在那么远（3.1英里）的距离，一个微波炉或者内燃机的使用讯号也能接收到。但是一个首席科学家可能需要大量的工作人员才能运转像这么大的一个东西。

Mike Liny14 hours ago
So the chinese, nor the russian, could sourcea qualified candidate from among their own? Interesting. They might as welltrain a team to do the work since it might take just as long to find someonewho can do it.

所以无论是中国还是俄罗斯，都找不到一个合格的人？有意思。他们最好还是开始训练能操作的人吧，因为找人的时间估计都训练完了。

Vern11 hours ago
Believe it or not, most really seriousscientists are not interested in the $1.2 million.

不管你信不信，很多真正的科学家根本不在乎这120万美元。

PaulA11 hours ago
Dang, I only have 19 years experience asthe lead operator of a radio telescope. I guess I'm out.

完了，我只有19年首席射电望远镜操作员的经验，我估计是没戏了。

Alan14 hours ago
So Yuri the billionaire didn't factor on noone wanting to run it?

所以说，亿万富翁尤里根本没料到没人想操作这玩意？

I'm confused16 hours ago
I find it interesting that they evict 9,110people from a "sparsely populated area", that's around 300 people persquare mile, where as the US has an average of 84 people per square mile.

我发现有一点很有意思，他们从一个“人烟稀少的”地方移走了9110人，每平方英里就是300人，美国每平方英里才84人。

unemployed11 hours ago
Typical of a lot of job recruiters. I haveno idea who decides the requirements, but I always find it amusing when I lookat jobs for construction or maintenance management. Invariably, they will askfor an MBA and 15 to 20 years of hands on experience with concrete work orfabrication, HVAC, pump repairs and refineries. I have never met a constructionmanager or superintendent with an MBA。

这工作要求太多了。我不知道是谁定下的这些标准。我发现看某些建设或者维护管理工作招聘时很有意思。他们总是要求具有MBA学位，而且还要有15-20年的相关工作经验，比如混凝土工作经验，或是加工的，水暖的，管道维修，精炼工作经验。但是我从来没遇到过一个有MBA经验的建筑经理或主管。

Ridi19 hours ago
I think it can receive signals from fartherthan 1000 light years away.

我觉得它接受讯号的距离比1000光年还要远。

Kanye Hemi Talkin'11 hours ago
They want a "foreigner"(an alien)to run their alien-hunting telescope. BINGO! It's a win-win. Why didn't wethink of that?

他们想要一个“外人”（外星人）来操作寻找外星人的射电望远镜。太好了，真是双赢。我们怎么没想到？

id12317512 hours ago
How many radio astronomers are there in theworld? Way too specialized. Highest number I found was around 150.

世界上总共有多少天文学家？这专业太偏了，我最多才找出来大概150人。

Blanco9 hours ago
Sounds like a really hard job for only 1.2mil for a highly trained scientist that would have to answer to a communistgovt.

看起来，为了120万美元去响应共产主义政府的号召，对一个高水平的科学家来说太难了。

RadarGuidedVermin11 hours ago
Do they offer dental?

他们招牙医吗？

Barack Hussein Obama Is A Jack Off11 hoursago
So funny when Chinese want something doneright they hire a foreigner. Pretty much everything in CHina that's worthanything was made by or engineered by foreigners. Do you know that every singleskyscraper (and there are dozens) in Shanghai was designed by a foreign firm?There is not one thing in modern China that wasn't brought there by the west.Chinese are extremely incompetent and they are just simply decades, if notcenturies behind in most things. Medicine is a good example. They are stillusing medicine from thousands of years ago because they have not made anyprogress in all this time.

真有意思，每当中国人想搞定什么事的时候他们就雇个外国人。差不多中国所有有价值的东西都是由外国人设计或制造的。你知道吗，上海的每一座摩天大楼都是外国公司设计的。中国的每一件现代化的东西都是西方带来的。中国人非常无能，在这些事情上就算不落后一个世纪，也要落后几十年。医药就是一个好例子，他们仍在使用几千年前的药，因为他们这么长时间以来毫无进展。

President Pussygrabber10 hours ago
Usually humans have to wait for technologyto catch up with capability. Now technology has to wait for humans to catch upwith capability.

通常人类的能力都要超过科技发展水平。现在科技水平已经超过人类的能力了。

Zippo11 hours ago
America needs to do one even better - aMachine to Speak to the DEAD !

美国必须做点更牛逼的东西——做个能和死人说话的东西！

z98611 hours ago
How about that chick from the movieContact.

《超时空接触》里边的那个小妞怎么样。

Steve11 hours ago
It is not whether one is qualified or not.It is the strong possibility that this highly qualified person will end up inChinese Prison for treason and other what not crimes and he is not allowed toany judicial system.

这不是合不合格的问题。符合的人很可能最后会被以叛国罪或者什么其他罪名，不经审判就关进中国监狱了。

Randolph12 hours ago
I really doubt there's anyone alive who hasall those qualifications.

我很怀疑活着的人里还有没有合格的。