TMT: Mega Science Project (E)
India’s in-kind contribution to the TMT project includes Mirror Segment polishing (SP), Segment Support Assemblies (SSA), Actuators, Edge Sensors, Software development for the observatory and design/development of science instruments. TMT enabled with these technologies will make ground breaking advances in a wide range of scientific areas. Using the TMT, astronomers will be able to see further into our universe and reach back toward the very beginning of time. In the nearby universe, with the TMT, astronomers will be able to discover and characterize, in detail, planets orbiting stars other than the Sun. There is the potential to examine these planets for signs of life beyond the Earth: this would be one of the most important discoveries of all time. TMT will enable discoveries that we cannot even begin to anticipate today.
