Cooled by a gentle breeze and shaded by the native algorrobo trees overhanging the terrace of the La Casona restaurant in San Pedro de Atacama, Chile, scientists from around the world listened, rapt, to presentations on the construction challenges, technical details and promise of scientific discovery of the innovative Fred Young Submillimeter Telescope (FYST). Many of them had been working on the telescope for more than a decade and the information shared at this workshop mattered: tomorrow they would visit the assembled telescope at its mountain top home for the first time, as part of FYST’s formal inauguration April 9.
Linda Glaser, A&S Communications. Read the full story here.