TMT Work to Resume Says Ige!

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Originally posted by beepbeep

Forgive my ignorance, but wouldn't it be hard to work with a telescope remotely if the telescope were not there?
Pam in CA

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Hi Pam, my point was that today there are fewer astronomers driving up to the summit daily since they can operate remotely on a desktop. Less traffic, less impact on Mauna Kea.

The future of astronomy is space based telescopes, so there will come a day again when there are no telescopes on Mauna Kea, some of us may see it in our lifetime, so this is just a temporary argument.