Going "wide, fast, and deep" is the best way to explore the universe, according to astrophysicist j, Anthony (Tony) Tyson. For John Schaefer, it's another way for Research Corporation to make a difference. The object of both men's desires is the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST), a $200 million instrument that would search for everything from the mysterious dark energy at the edges of the universe to asteroids that could threaten life on Earth. The three-mirrored optical telescope, sometimes called the Dark Matter Telescope, would peer much more rapidly and deeply into a wider swath of the heavens than any existing instrument. It would also deliver vast amounts of data to a global community of users.
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