L.A. Times> TMT breaks ground

[Rob Tucker]

Monster telescope breaks ground, will offer deepest views of universe

In part:

"What promises to be the most advanced and sensitive telescope in the world, the massive Thirty Meter Telescope, officially breaks ground Tuesday in Hawaii. When completed, it will offer the deepest and sharpest views of our universe yet.

This thing is a monster. At 30 meters (98 feet), the TMT's main mirror alone is nearly one-third the length of a football field. The instruments that go along with that mirror will be room-sized and mounted alongside it on a platform in the observatory near the summit of Mauna Kea, on Hawaii's Big Island."

http://www.latimes.com/science/scienceno...story.html