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A summary is presented of the status of the Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA) project. The scientific goals for the project, in particular the goals for imaging gas in early galaxies, are used to illustrate the specific needs for the development of ALMA technology making it, uniquely, a complete imaging system. The plans to achieve this development by means of common international effort and under a common Memorandum of Understanding are noted. Finally, estimates are given of the construction timescale and the principle issues that remain to be settled are highlighted.
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Brown, R.L. Imaging the Gas Distribution and Kinematics in the Early Universe with ALMA. Astrophysics and Space Science 269, 533–540 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1017083416083
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