Moore money for Thirty Metre Telescope
The Moore Foundation just donated $200 million to Caltech and UC jointly to build the Thirty Metre Telescope - a successor to the Keck telescopes.
That is a lot.
Apparently with matches the total in the bank is now $300 million or so, so construction will presumably commence.
492 individually controlled 1.45m mirrors. Nice.
Adaptive optics. Six lasers for guide stars.
Good spatial resolution. Huge light bucket.
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