I’m as jingoistic as they come, but considering how perilous the financing has been for TMT, And how toxic the situation in Hawaii has been for TMT, I’ll gladly give this to Spain just to make sure that it is built
jedrider on
The US could earn some money selling it’s scientific assets. It may be in safer hands, too, considering who is running NASA now.
axiomatic13 on
The brain drain with continue with the anti-intellectualism in the Trump administration.
AnonymousEngineer_ on
Everyone is going to blame the current US Government but to be honest, this thing isn’t going to be built anyway because the local opposition in Hawaii and all their high profile allies in Hollywood have turned this entire project as their symbolic hill to die on.
Just build it in the Canary Islands as per the backup plan and the world at least gets a telescope. And since the locals are so hostile to astronomy anyway, pull down all the other instruments on Mauna Kea and just pack up the facilities.
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I’m as jingoistic as they come, but considering how perilous the financing has been for TMT, And how toxic the situation in Hawaii has been for TMT, I’ll gladly give this to Spain just to make sure that it is built
The US could earn some money selling it’s scientific assets. It may be in safer hands, too, considering who is running NASA now.
The brain drain with continue with the anti-intellectualism in the Trump administration.
Everyone is going to blame the current US Government but to be honest, this thing isn’t going to be built anyway because the local opposition in Hawaii and all their high profile allies in Hollywood have turned this entire project as their symbolic hill to die on.
Just build it in the Canary Islands as per the backup plan and the world at least gets a telescope. And since the locals are so hostile to astronomy anyway, pull down all the other instruments on Mauna Kea and just pack up the facilities.