SETI public: Ground breaking for ALMA radio telescopes in Chile

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From: LARRY KLAES (ljk4_at_msn.com)
Date: Fri Nov 07 2003 - 05:05:14 PST

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    Scientists and dignitaries from North America, Europe, and Chile broke ground today (Thursday, November 6, 2003) on what will be the world's largest, most sensitive radio telescope operating at millimeter wavelengths.
    ALMA - the Atacama Large Millimeter Array - will be a single instrument composed of 64 high-precision antennas located on the Chajnantor plain of the Chilean Andes in the District of San Pedro de Atacama, 16,500 feet (5,000 meters) above sea level. ALMA's primary function will be to observe and image with unprecedented clarity the enigmatic cold regions of the Universe, which are optically dark, yet shine brightly in the millimeter portion of the electromagnetic spectrum.
    The rest of the story here:

    http://www.nrao.edu/pr/2003/almaground/

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