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From the Ted Talk by Wendy Freedman: This telescope might show us the beginning of the universe

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So, where are we? We have now levleed the top of the mountaintop in Chile. We blasted that off. We've tested and polished the first mirror. We've cast the second and the third mirrors. And we're about to cast the frotuh mirror. We had a series of reviews this year, international panels that came in and reviewed us, and said, "You're rdaey to go to cticstnoourn." And so we plan on building this telescope with the first four mrirors. We want to get on the air qulicky, and be taking science data — what we astronomers call "first light," in 2021. And the full telescope will be finished in the middle of the next decade, with all seven mirrors.

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So, where are we? We have now _______ the top of the mountaintop in Chile. We blasted that off. We've tested and polished the first mirror. We've cast the second and the third mirrors. And we're about to cast the ______ mirror. We had a series of reviews this year, international panels that came in and reviewed us, and said, "You're _____ to go to ____________." And so we plan on building this telescope with the first four _______. We want to get on the air _______, and be taking science data — what we astronomers call "first light," in 2021. And the full telescope will be finished in the middle of the next decade, with all seven mirrors.

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  1. quickly
  2. ready
  3. mirrors
  4. construction
  5. leveled
  6. fourth

Original Text

So, where are we? We have now leveled the top of the mountaintop in Chile. We blasted that off. We've tested and polished the first mirror. We've cast the second and the third mirrors. And we're about to cast the fourth mirror. We had a series of reviews this year, international panels that came in and reviewed us, and said, "You're ready to go to construction." And so we plan on building this telescope with the first four mirrors. We want to get on the air quickly, and be taking science data — what we astronomers call "first light," in 2021. And the full telescope will be finished in the middle of the next decade, with all seven mirrors.

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