Start Date:2001-01-16

Location:Tokyo, Japan

People:Chikada, Yoshihiro
Rafel, Mark
Brown, Robert L.
Ishiguro, Masato
Kurtz, Richard
Guilloteau, Stefan
Wade, Richard
Sakamoto, Seiichi

Creator:Records of the NRAO

Series:Photographs Series

Unit:MMA/ALMA Unit

Type:Still Image

Original Format of Digital Item:Color print

Subject:Instruments--Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA)

Description:Twenty years ago, ALMA project managers and scientists from NRAO and ESO traveled to Tokyo to discuss Japanese involvement in ALMA. On 16 January 2001, they raised a toast to future collaboration. Left to right: Yoshihiro Chikada, Mark Rafel, Bob Brown, Masato Ishiguro, Richard Kurtz, Stefan Guilloteau, Richard Wade, Seichi Sakamoto. Japan formally joined ALMA in 2004. [show more]