In Chou Dean-yi's view, the program's greatest significance lies in the training it has given to students. Mathematicians and physicists who were accustomed to working mainly with their brains have gained hands-on experience in manufacturing and operating precision telescopes and learning how to select components.
在周定一想法中，日震研究最具意義的是培養訓練了學生，過程中，一向多動腦的數理高手們必須實際組裝、操作精密的望遠鏡，與學習如何選擇原件。