After the institute was set up, on the one hand it launched an overseas recruitment drive, and began seeking to participate in international collaborative projects in the hope of accumulating experience; and on the other hand it also began training the engineers it would need for large-scale astronomy projects of its own.
天文所成立後，一方面在國外徵兵選將，同時尋找國際合作計畫，希望藉由參與尖端計畫累積經驗，一方面也開始訓練大型天文計畫需要的工程師。