TMT Work to Resume Says Ige!

[Punatic007]

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Originally posted by MarkP

So the TMT was only one year away from being obsolete and the multiple governments and institutions of higher learning who invested 1 1/2 billion never saw it coming, but three friends shooting the breeze have it all worked out.

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Hey I'm no scientist simply summarizing the opinions of 2 astronomers on Mauna Kea or perhaps how they would like things to unfold. I did notice they were stressing the Europeans are getting way ahead of us. And the Sophia, NASA/German partnership, is pretty fascinating, a souped up 747 that circumnavigates the globe taking far-infrared photos of other galaxies. Stuff we can't do from Mauna Kea. Some of our better scientists from Mauna Kea have gravitated to the Sophia. I'm very excited about the moon observatories and wonder when they will be up and running.