03-15-2016, 04:53 PM
I'm sure that china isn't the only one thinking of putting telescopes in the sky. Maybe one day, we can send robots to the moon, that will build a huge telescope there. Maybe TMT is just an illusion. Tho, let's not forget that here in hawaii, we need all the jobs we can get and money that can be pumped into UH for research. It certainly might be a waste of time to build TMT with technology advancing at such a pace. But, being how "Telescope Time" is so limited now and in demand, if TMT is not built I don't see the number of telescopes that we have now being decommissioned. If anything leases will be renewed.
Tho, I do think Ted is right, however, maybe in the next 10-15 years we'll see some real improvement with AI and Robotics to make it happen.
Tho, I do think Ted is right, however, maybe in the next 10-15 years we'll see some real improvement with AI and Robotics to make it happen.