04-05-2015, 04:02 PM
Opihikao - I appreciate your even-handed approach to the current controversy. I'm sure we see some things differently but also agree on many other things. Just a snippet although I can't provide details at this time, but the TMT has recently pissed off the other observatories on the mountain and they are certainly not in my good books at the moment. This was a relatively trivial matter and involved a lack of communications (hence the reason I mention it), but I hope it's not foretaste of things to come.
I am a supporter of the TMT project despite it being a direct competitor, it's a facility that will teach us all a lot about our universe and own history, but I agree that good and honest communication is necessary.
As for the Canadian funding issue, that has been an issue for a long time now and a year ago nearly ended the project. I don't think there is any connection with the current protest, it's a purely internal political and economic issue in Canada.
I am a supporter of the TMT project despite it being a direct competitor, it's a facility that will teach us all a lot about our universe and own history, but I agree that good and honest communication is necessary.
As for the Canadian funding issue, that has been an issue for a long time now and a year ago nearly ended the project. I don't think there is any connection with the current protest, it's a purely internal political and economic issue in Canada.