07-15-2015, 02:48 PM
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Originally posted by dakine
If the KECK facility is costing investigators $50,000 a night and the TMT is an order of magnitude bigger, and one can expect it will cost astronomers that much more, then we're talking about what? 25 million plus a year in revenue? So making it sound like the TMT is some little ol' non-profit is a weak argument. And besides, if viewing time on the TMT is going to be so awesome they'll be able to charge whatever they want.
wait a minute. what happened to the sacred mountain? sounds like a lot of money talk to me.