Constructed at an elevation of nearly 4,000 meters, the SMA and AMiBA projects had to overcome the challenges posed by strong winds, low temperatures and the limited resources available at altitude. That they were able to do so is a testament to the originality and meticulousness of Taiwanese design and development in telescopes, and to the growing maturity of Taiwanese scientific observation and analysis.
克服近四千公尺高山上強風、低溫、資源缺乏等嚴苛考驗，SMA 和 AMiBA 的成功，彰顯出台灣的望遠鏡設計、開發技術，以及科學觀測、分析的獨創性與細膩度，都已逐漸趨於成熟。