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Al Wooten

North American Project Scientist and head of the North American ALMA Science Center, National Radio Astronomy Observatory

Al Wooten has been part of the ALMA Radio Telescope project for 30 years. He serves as North American Project Scientist and head of the North American ALMA Science Center.

Latest Planetary Radio Appearances

The Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA)
ALMA Adventure

The first of two shows about Mat Kaplan's journey to Chile's Atacama Desert for the inauguration of the Atacama Large Millimeter small millimter Array, the most ambitious, Earth-based astronomy project in history.

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The Gigantic ALMA Radio Telescope in Chile

ALMA will make sharper images than the Hubble Space Telescope, yet it’s a radio telescope! ALMA scientists Alison Peck and Al Wooten tell us about this array of 66 huge dishes in Chile’s Atacama desert.

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