Dear Riccardo,
As if it were yesterday, that magic combination of numbers: 11.11.2011.
To remember the 100th anniversary of the birth of another great Italian, prof. Luigi Broglio. The father of the Italian space, the one who gave Italy the third space base after the USSR and the US.
Pride of an Italianity full of hope!
Now we wish to remind you, the years spent together in order to create the most powerful existing observatory: the VLT (Very Large Telescope), the star of the project ALMA (Atacama Large Millimeter Array) and much more until your deserved Nobel.
I remember you with affection and absolute esteem.
My wife reminds you during Australian evenings, and my son Tommaso in that incredible interview in Washington, and also all the staff of EIE GROUP.
We learned a lot from your years in ESO.
The Universe unites us… goodbye!

Gianpietro Marchiori
President & CEO