05-30-2015, 04:02 AM
Chunkster, very well stated, and totally understandable. Mahalo. JMO.
FYI: (*Snipped - More at link)
Caltech to Shut Down Telescope Ahead of Schedule
http://hawaiitribune-herald.com/news/loc...d-schedule
The California Institute of Technology announced Friday it will end operations of the facility in September. It was initially slated to be decommissioned next year.
Simon Radford, the observatory’s technical operations manager, said the telescope has had a successful life and been a part of numerous scientific discoveries, including many related to stellar formation.
“We are of course sad that it’s coming to an end,” he said. “But you know, all things come to an end.”
Caltech’s announcement came just three days after Gov. David Ige outlined his vision for better stewardship atop Mauna Kea, including decommissioning of at least three of the 13 telescopes before the controversial Thirty Meter Telescope is built.
“While this telescope has contributed to ground-breaking scientific research, it has reached the end of its useful life,” Ige said in a statement to the Tribune-Herald. “I appreciate Caltech’s commitment to dismantling this telescope quickly and restoring the site in a culturally and environmentally respectful manner.”
As previously announced in 2009, Caltech will begin planning for the dismantling of the observatory, with the return of the site to its natural state by 2018.
FYI: (*Snipped - More at link)
Caltech to Shut Down Telescope Ahead of Schedule
http://hawaiitribune-herald.com/news/loc...d-schedule
The California Institute of Technology announced Friday it will end operations of the facility in September. It was initially slated to be decommissioned next year.
Simon Radford, the observatory’s technical operations manager, said the telescope has had a successful life and been a part of numerous scientific discoveries, including many related to stellar formation.
“We are of course sad that it’s coming to an end,” he said. “But you know, all things come to an end.”
Caltech’s announcement came just three days after Gov. David Ige outlined his vision for better stewardship atop Mauna Kea, including decommissioning of at least three of the 13 telescopes before the controversial Thirty Meter Telescope is built.
“While this telescope has contributed to ground-breaking scientific research, it has reached the end of its useful life,” Ige said in a statement to the Tribune-Herald. “I appreciate Caltech’s commitment to dismantling this telescope quickly and restoring the site in a culturally and environmentally respectful manner.”
As previously announced in 2009, Caltech will begin planning for the dismantling of the observatory, with the return of the site to its natural state by 2018.