Ambassador Belgium visits ET Pathfinder and project office

Belgium’s ambassador to the Netherlands, Anick van Calster, visited the ET Pathfinder and the Einstein Telescope project office in Maastricht on Thursday 11 January.

The ambassador and the Belgian delegation accompanying her were updated on the ET Pathfinder as a test facility and as a permanent R&D facility for the Einstein Telescope. In addition, the company was briefed on the current status of the feasibility study in all its facets to build the telescope in the border area of the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany.

The visit was part of a two-day working visit to Limburg. Among other things, the company also visited several Brightlands campuses and the EPICC in Kerkrade.