European Extremely Large Telescope gets $450 million contract
MAY 26, 2016
DOI: 10.1063/PT.5.029854
Ars Technica : At 39 m in diameter, the planned European Extremely Large Telescope (EELT) would dwarf all other telescopes, current and in the works. The European Southern Observatory, a partnership of European nations with Chile and Brazil, has now signed a contract for $450 million that it says will keep the EELT on schedule to begin operations in 2024. Like the 24.5-m Giant Magellan Telescope that is under construction, the EELT will be built on a mountaintop in Chile. Its final cost is expected to exceed $1 billion.
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