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Old 11-12-2012, 06:37 AM
opticslldo (Andrew R)
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Great thread...

We need some sort of revival of amateur telescope making, nice to see it's still alive to some extent back home. Does anyone know how Graeme Loftus is doing? He must be really old now, almost 90? Haven't heard he died.

Funny, Graeme got me into making mirrors years ago. Now I've worked on a bunch of the world's most interesting telescope projects in some capacity, designed and (optics) contract managed a few into existence, now contract manager for E-ELT optics (fab for M1 segments through M4 adaptive mirror and M5).

Thanks to Graeme.

A number of the top professionals I've met in the field of optics over the years started their carreers as teenage ATMs, and there's probably more opportunities for employment in this area than ever now, keep that in mind all you young guys thinking about making a mirror. Go for it!
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