The Telescope and Site subsystem added two new team members in October. Ed Stover joined the team as Senior Engineering Associate effective October 15, transferring from NSO. Jaime Seriche joined the LSST team in Chile on October 20 as the summit Inspector Tecnico de Obras (ITO), or Worksite Inpector.
Since joining NOAO in 1989, Ed has worked on a diverse number of projects that includes supporting both the NOAO stellar and NSO solar communities and their scientific objectives. During his more than 23 years with NSO he helped design, install, and maintain the GONG network, and the SOLIS suite of instruments. Ed also provided a wide range of upgrading and repair support to the McMath Pierce Solar Telescope. Jaime previously worked in the SOAR project as Worksite Administrator and has many years of experience in the construction sector.
Financial support for Rubin Observatory comes from the National Science Foundation (NSF) through Cooperative Support Agreement No. 1202910, the Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science under Contract No. DE-AC02-76SF00515, and private funding raised by the LSST Corporation. The NSF-funded Rubin Observatory Project Office for construction was established as an operating center under management of the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA). The DOE-funded effort to build the the Rubin Observatory LSST Camera (LSSTCam) is managed by the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC).
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NSF and DOE will continue to support Rubin Observatory in its Operations phase. They will also provide support for scientific research with LSST data.
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