Introduction

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Jan 2011

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ALMA Newsletter, vol. 7, p. 1-1

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At the time of writing this Newsletter we can clearly see the path to the start of ALMA Early Science. There are nine antennas operating at the Array Operations Site, first test images and spectra have been released, and the timeline and approach that will be adopted for Early Science Cycle 0 has just been announced. This marks a tremendous achievement for all those people from around the world who have worked so hard to deliver the challenge that is ALMA. I encourage everyone who has played a part in ALMA to date, and everyone who is working hard to continue to deliver the project, to pause and reflect on those achievements. As the ALMA Board said in its public statement regarding Early Science after its Santiago meeting in November 2010: While many challenges remain, it is already clear that ALMA "works". In the coming months the ALMA Science Team will conduct Science Verification observations to test and demonstrate the performance of the array. Data from these observations will be released publicly so that astronomers outside the project can start to work directly with ALMA data. Suggestions for Science Verification targets and observations to complement the plans of the ALMA Science Team are encouraged, and more information about how to contribute is included in the body of this Newsletter.

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