The E-ELT project: The feasibility study

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7012, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Marchiori, G ^a   De Lorenzi, S ^a   Busatta, A ^a   Giacomel, L ^a  

^a European Industrial Engineering   (Italy)

Author keywords

42 m mirror; Extreme large telescope; Feasibility study; New telescope

Indexed keywords

42 M MIRROR; CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGIES; EXTREME LARGE TELESCOPE; EXTREMELY LARGE TELESCOPES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEASIBILITY STUDY; LARGE TELESCOPES; MAINTENANCE COST; NEW TELESCOPE; STIFFNESS-TO-WEIGHT RATIOS;

AIRBORNE TELESCOPES; DECISION MAKING; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; IDENTIFICATION (CONTROL SYSTEMS); MAINTENANCE; MIRRORS; PLANNING; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

OPTICAL TELESCOPES;

EID: 66749129679     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.790083     Document Type: Conference Paper

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