07-11-2015, 01:57 PM
1) None of the current observatories have large enough footprints to accommodate the TMT (except, perhaps the SMA);
2) The Mauna Kea Master plan does not allow a new observatory to be built on the site of a decommissioned observatory.
2) The Mauna Kea Master plan does not allow a new observatory to be built on the site of a decommissioned observatory.