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From the Ted Talk by Wendy Freedman: This telescope might show us the beginning of the universe

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So, what is the GMT project? It's an international project. It icnleuds ariltausa, South Korea, and I'm happy to say, being here in Rio, that the newest partner in our telescope is Brazil.

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It also includes a number of institutions across the United States, including Harvard University, the Smithsonian and the Carnegie Institutions, and the Universities of airznoa, Chicago, Texas-Austin and Texas A&M University. It also involves Chile.

So, the mniakg of the mirrors in this telescope is also fascinating in its own right. Take chunks of glass, melt them in a furnace that is itself rotating. This happens underneath the football studiam at the University of Arizona. It's tucked away under 52,000 seats. Nobody know it's happening. And there's esneltailsy a rotating cdulroan. The mirrors are cast and they're cooled very slowly, and then they're polished to an exquisite pioreicsn. And so, if you think about the precision of these mirrors, the bumps on the moirrr, over the entire 27 feet, amount to less than one-millionth of an inch. So, can you visualize that? Ow!

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So, what is the GMT project? It's an international project. It ________ _________, South Korea, and I'm happy to say, being here in Rio, that the newest partner in our telescope is Brazil.

(________)

It also includes a number of institutions across the United States, including Harvard University, the Smithsonian and the Carnegie Institutions, and the Universities of _______, Chicago, Texas-Austin and Texas A&M University. It also involves Chile.

So, the ______ of the mirrors in this telescope is also fascinating in its own right. Take chunks of glass, melt them in a furnace that is itself rotating. This happens underneath the football _______ at the University of Arizona. It's tucked away under 52,000 seats. Nobody know it's happening. And there's ___________ a rotating ________. The mirrors are cast and they're cooled very slowly, and then they're polished to an exquisite _________. And so, if you think about the precision of these mirrors, the bumps on the ______, over the entire 27 feet, amount to less than one-millionth of an inch. So, can you visualize that? Ow!

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  5. cauldron
  6. australia
  7. precision
  8. stadium
  9. making
  10. applause

Original Text


So, what is the GMT project? It's an international project. It includes Australia, South Korea, and I'm happy to say, being here in Rio, that the newest partner in our telescope is Brazil.

(Applause)

It also includes a number of institutions across the United States, including Harvard University, the Smithsonian and the Carnegie Institutions, and the Universities of Arizona, Chicago, Texas-Austin and Texas A&M University. It also involves Chile.

So, the making of the mirrors in this telescope is also fascinating in its own right. Take chunks of glass, melt them in a furnace that is itself rotating. This happens underneath the football stadium at the University of Arizona. It's tucked away under 52,000 seats. Nobody know it's happening. And there's essentially a rotating cauldron. The mirrors are cast and they're cooled very slowly, and then they're polished to an exquisite precision. And so, if you think about the precision of these mirrors, the bumps on the mirror, over the entire 27 feet, amount to less than one-millionth of an inch. So, can you visualize that? Ow!

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