Technology and “cost-benefit” challenges
Developing multi-laser beacon, high order adaptive optics
- near-diffraction limited performance is at the heart of the MAX-AT science case
Choosing the most effective aperture
- A 50m requires producing and polishing over 1,900 square meters of “glass”
- equivalent to 39 Gemini’s or 25 Keck’s or over 20 HET’s
Deciding on which site or hemisphere…..