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Giant Magellan Telescope receives cash injection from the National Science Foundation – physicsworld.com
US National Science Foundation has awarded $17.5m towards the construction of the huge 25.4 m telescope
Clear view: the University of Arizonas Richard F. Caris Mirror Lab has been leading work creating the seven primary mirrors. (Courtesy: Richard F. Caris Mirror Lab)
The National Science Foundation has awarded the GMTO Corporation — the organization overseeing construction and management of the $1bn Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT) a grant of $17.5m over the next three years to accelerate the construction of the 25 m-wide telescope.
The GMT will be located at Las Campanas in Chiles Atacama Desert…
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