JOSE BARRIOS and STOUT
Trip to the Flandrau Science Center
and
U. of Arizona Mirror Lab
4/3/98
The Flandrau Center had many hands-on exhibits



The Mirror lab was in the process of making two 8.4 meter
mirrors for the Biggest Telescope ever made!

Below is the underside of the oven which heats the glass in the spinning furnace.  (or perhaps it is part of a alien space vehicle)

Mirror scientists watch the polishing of the 6.5 meter mirror for a telescope in
Chile.

Everyone had a great time including Whitney Shoup, a Project Astro Astronomer.