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Wendy, is there a secret stash someplace?

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Wendy, is there a secret stash someplace?

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>> I think one of the interesting things about astronomy in comparison to other fields in science is actually within the public at large a lot of enthusiasm for astronomy so there has been some history of individuals who have actually put funding from the private sector into astronomical telescopes. It is not that other sciences aren’t interesting also but there is a tremendous visual appeal. A lot of the questions astronomers ask are questions that resonate with the public. We’ve been fortunate for a century now at left under George Hale in the beginning when he began his quest to build the large telescopes to get support from people in the private sector and we’ve been very fortunate to get that also today. I think these questions that we’re asking are exciting questions not just in the U.S. but as Richard says, we have collaborators now in other countries, the GMT has a partner in Australia and we’re looking at partners elsewhere around the world. Also within universities. And so I

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