04-23-2014, 04:46 AM
http://hawaiitribune-herald.com/news/loc...-telescope
"After years of uncertainty, a telescope on Mauna Kea facing funding cuts will continue to conduct research into outer space.
The United Kingdom Infrared Telescope, or UKIRT, has been on the hunt for funding for two years after the U.K. Science and Technology Facilities Council announced it would be ceasing funding for the telescope after September of 2013, according to a 2012 article in the Tribune-Herald.
If there had been a lack of interest from research institutions, The Joint Astronomy Centre that runs the telescope would have had to decommission the facility and return the area to its natural state.
However, JAC director Gary Davis said they received multiple bids and selected one on the basis of the proposal."
I hope that's good news for you too, TomK.
"After years of uncertainty, a telescope on Mauna Kea facing funding cuts will continue to conduct research into outer space.
The United Kingdom Infrared Telescope, or UKIRT, has been on the hunt for funding for two years after the U.K. Science and Technology Facilities Council announced it would be ceasing funding for the telescope after September of 2013, according to a 2012 article in the Tribune-Herald.
If there had been a lack of interest from research institutions, The Joint Astronomy Centre that runs the telescope would have had to decommission the facility and return the area to its natural state.
However, JAC director Gary Davis said they received multiple bids and selected one on the basis of the proposal."
I hope that's good news for you too, TomK.