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Workshop on Mirror Substrate Alternatives (1Sep95)
(from NSO, NOAO Newsletter No. 43, September 1995)

An international meeting to discuss progress on mirror materials other
than glass and ceramics will be held in Grasse, France, 9 to 11
October 1995. It is mainly sponsored by Aerospatiale. Emphasis is on
Aluminum and Silicon-carbide technologies for ground based and space
telescopes. Also featured is experience in the performance of existing
mirrors of this nature, including the control of mirror seeing and
figure adjustment by active heating or cooling. Further information is
available from:
     Jean-Pierre Rozelot (rozelot@ocar01.obs-azur.fr)
     or Bill Livingston (wcl@orion.tuc.noao.edu).

Bill Livingston

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