Japanese astronomer dead - Alma Project (Chile)

Japanese astronomer dead - Alma Project (Chile)

www.emol. com

This is Koishiro Morita, 59, who according to early reports work at the headquarters of Santiago del Alma project.

Despite medical efforts, the professional died at 7:45 pm today for reasons still being investigated.

Retamal said the body of Morita presents an erosion in the head and after a scanner detected a hematoma in the brain, whose origin is being investigated as well, because of which investigates a possible involvement of third parties.

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Not even finished to read the article, from chilean newspaper. Sorry, source is in spanish, will look for english source (maybe someone else can help).

For those who are not familiar with Alma Project (The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array, is the largest astronomical project in existence. It's in Chile.

www.emol. com
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Other source (Translated):

Consulate staff also came from Japan in Chile to find out what happened to the professional who was two years in the country and international accreditation was awarded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to work.

www.lasegunda.com...

Seems to be fresh news, no english language sources yet.

Originally posted by Trueman


Not even finished to read the article, from chilean newspaper. Sorry, source is in spanish, will look for english source (maybe someone else can help).

Here you go:

PDI Japanese astronomer investigates death of Alma project scientist was found lying outside his building in Providence.

He died this morning at the hospital of Salvador.


SANTIAGO. - Detectives from the Metro Homicide Unit are conducting various steps to clarify the death of a Japanese astronomer at the premises of the hospital of Salvador in the Providencia district.

This is Koishiro Morita, 59, who according to early reports work at the headquarters of Santiago del Alma project.

Commissioner Rene Retamal said the victim was found last two in the morning outside the apartment building located at 151 Avenue of the aforementioned Swedish commune, which was found by custodians of the place, who called the ambulance that took him assistance to the exhibition.

Despite medical efforts, the professional died at 7:45 pm today for reasons still being investigated.

Retamal said the body of Morita presents an erosion in the head and after a scanner detected a hematoma in the brain, whose origin is being investigated as well, because of which investigates a possible involvement of third parties.

This afternoon PDI staff came to the building to get the images captured by security cameras and question caretakers who called the ambulance.

Ell to place staff also reached the Japanese Consulate in Chile to find out what happened to the professional who was two years in the country and international accreditation was awarded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to work.

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reply to post by pianopraze


Thanks for that

Who knows what he knew.....this one doesn't smell good at all.


Some extra info here :



safe.nrao.edu...

What is an erosion in the head? Is that another word for wound? Bullet hole? Why would someone kill this man?

Originally posted by Iamschist
What is an erosion in the head? Is that another word for wound? Bullet hole? Why would someone kill this man?

Yeah, that term "erosion" seems to be strange for me too. I think what they mean is a "hole" anyway.

www.almaobservatory.org...


Some of Mr. Morita's work :

science.nrao.edu...


www.mendeley.com...

He was killed because he wanted to make public their findings about the sun...

Originally posted by NeoVain
He was killed because he wanted to make public their findings about the sun...

Well, we can't confirm that but it's the first thing to think about it. This is not good. Let's see if by tomorrow the media talk about it, or try to ignore it.

reply to post by NeoVain

He was killed because he wanted to make public their findings about the sun...

What do you mean? Aren't they still building it? What could they have found out about our sun? That other arrays haven't found? Isn't this facility being built to study stars other than our sun? I may be way off with these questions, if so forgive my ignorance.

Yep pretty trollish statement there buddy to say that and pack it in seems like you are just stirring the sewage to see what smells....
It could have been a blow to the head that caused a hematoma couldnt it?
Im not up on my medicalese as i should be....
Perhaps he jumped?...........

reply to post by stirling


or perhaps he fell.....


struck by a blunt object.....

reply to post by Iamschist


ALMA is operational since October 2011, but not 100%.

Here a link with first images taken by ALMA :

www.theblaze.com...

Originally posted by magma
reply to post by stirling

 

or perhaps he fell.....


struck by a blunt object.....

Or perhaps a bird dove into his head.....

Struck with a waffle iron......

Originally posted by amongus

Originally posted by magma
reply to post by stirling

 

or perhaps he fell.....


struck by a blunt object.....

Or perhaps a bird dove into his head.....

Struck with a waffle iron......

Hahaha.....good one. Yeah, I also found funny that comment. Police is investigating this as possible homicide and that member solved the case already.

because of which investigates a possible involvement of third parties.

Erosion is used in medicine to refer to the eating away of the surface tissue by chemical or physical processes.

uk.ask.com...

Definitions: 1. A wearing away or a state of being worn away, as by friction or pressure. 2. A shallow ulcer; in the stomach and intestine, an ulcer limited to the mucosa, with no penetration of the muscularis mucosa. 3. Chemically induced tooth loss, occurring mainly through acid dissolution. When the cause is unknown, it is referred to as idiopathic erosion.

www.medilexicon.com...

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My sentiments exactly. Or something else they have spotted....like a large body of comets heading our way.

reply to post by Trueman


Don't know what to make of this as its statistics and whanot, which isn't my area of expertise. It's a PDF entitled 'The Progress of ALMA-J' aka ALMA Japan..

Progress of ALMA-J

Could give some hints to a possible motive?

edit: looks like the pdf is the evolution of the project, like statistics about the equipment

Really good find Trueman - sounds very sus! S&F

Originally posted by NeoVain
He was killed because he wanted to make public their findings about the sun...

What findings would those be? Considering the project has nothing to do with observing the sun and as far as I know isn't even fully operational yet...

It will enable transformational research into the physics of the cold Universe, probe the first stars and galaxies, and directly image the formation of planets. When completed, ALMA will be comprised of a giant array of fifty 12-m antennas, which can be configured to achieve baselines up to 16 km.

ALMA homepage.