Just to fill in the gaps: RISTRETTO. This is the proposal to constrain Proxima b's vitals.
Since we do not yet own a manned lunar or asteroidal presence, and since LEO isn't for shadowed 'scopes, it is expensive to do SCIENCE from a space environment. So squeezing the most out of Earthbased 'scopes is the best choice. When I say "Prox" I mean that closest system in the Centauri constellation which is southern, so the South is the place to do all this. There, the best altiplano is Chile's (although I wonder about Antarctica); which already has a ESO 'scope.
I wish them well. They say that RISTRETTO can study our ice giants too.
BACKDATE 10/21
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