New Reflector Arrives for South Pole Telescope

On October 7, police escorted a wooden crate two lanes wide through the streets of the South Side, arriving at the new High Bay Research Building on East 56th Street and South Maryland Avenue. Inside the crate? A carefully manufactured, 40-ton aluminum telescope reflector destined for the South Pole. Making the trip from Germany by...

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