Nicely written article by Marcus Strom in the Sydney Morning Herald today -
http://www.smh.com.au/technology/sci...10-gmqysz.html
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Originally Posted by Satchmo
Australia had a big hand in the early days of LIGO . We worked on the Ligo Pathfinder optics and first iteration instrumental optics at CSIRO Division of Applied Physics winning the contract for the worlds smoothest and most accurate fused silica surfaces over competitors like Hughes- Danbury who were known for the Hubble Space Telescope.
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That's fabulous Mark. I wasn't aware of this.