Thursday, July 10, 2008

Waiting, and ALMA

As I may have mentioned previously, ALMA (Atacama Large Millimeter Array) is a billion-dollar astronomy project taking place just a few miles from ACT.  For the past several days now, we have been waiting for a shipment, carrying MBAC, to arrive here in San Pedro.  In the meantime, we have been tidying up around the site, installing the weather monitor, etc.  

When the shipment finally arrives, we will have to escort it up the so-called "ALMA road" (our own road is too rough for a large truck).  This process involves navigating the behemoth ALMA safety scheme, including providing advance notification of our use of the road, having the truck drivers undergo a brief physical and radio to "la seguridad" every 10km.  

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