08-11-2019, 06:59 AM
Well.....sounds like a good question.
So why ARE they built?
It seems to me a telescope is not really a business that’s supposed to generate a profit, or maybe is it?
Are they mostly taxpayer funded projects used solely for the pure joy of discovery?
Are some of them privately funded? Is TMT privately funded? Who’s funding that one and why? What do they get out of it?
Are they used to research things that may benefit man either now or in the future? I think most people would answer yes to that?
How does someone go about justifying the funding for these huge projects?
I’m asking, not to look for negativity, but more for the why.
I don’t know if maybe I missed some answers to the above in the many thousands of words posted here on Punaweb, or if maybe the questions were never really answered, and that is why I’m posting this.
Puna: Our roosters crow first
So why ARE they built?
It seems to me a telescope is not really a business that’s supposed to generate a profit, or maybe is it?
Are they mostly taxpayer funded projects used solely for the pure joy of discovery?
Are some of them privately funded? Is TMT privately funded? Who’s funding that one and why? What do they get out of it?
Are they used to research things that may benefit man either now or in the future? I think most people would answer yes to that?
How does someone go about justifying the funding for these huge projects?
I’m asking, not to look for negativity, but more for the why.
I don’t know if maybe I missed some answers to the above in the many thousands of words posted here on Punaweb, or if maybe the questions were never really answered, and that is why I’m posting this.
Puna: Our roosters crow first
Puna: Our roosters crow first