03-28-2016, 03:24 AM
Tomk, I found an article you either missed or ignored from a few years ago. Said here that the TMT would cost just under $800,000,000 now they say $ 1.8 billion. Jmo here, this TMT project will end up crossing the $2 billion mark before it is done in Chile, possible 3 times the original cost figure. By the way my statement about that cost was "almost doubled" I should change that for you to almost tripled.
http://www.scientificamerican.com/articl...mauna-kea/
Some serious inflation may have taken place in the last four years? Unfortunatly my home value here in Puna has decreased, while my working wage per hour has stayed the same during that time.
http://m.phys.org/news/2012-01-china-ind...scope.html
Also the groundbreaking construction for this TMT was interrupted in 2014, so no idea why they now say construction is scheduled to begin in 2018?. Also the 1 million every year offer is going to look silly in the year 2050 if inflation is not factored in. That $1 dollar rent or lease agreements made by your astronomy community back in the 1960's looks like a joke today, a very sick joke.
Edited to add.
Speaking of adding info, some authors do a poor job by not adding enough info of what really might matter,jmo. That is what some of these older articles seriously lacked, (Respect). Why no mention of the many opposing or oppressed conerned Hawaiian communities thoughts about the tmt project that was being pushed atop their sacred mountain?
http://www.scientificamerican.com/articl...mauna-kea/
Some serious inflation may have taken place in the last four years? Unfortunatly my home value here in Puna has decreased, while my working wage per hour has stayed the same during that time.
http://m.phys.org/news/2012-01-china-ind...scope.html
Also the groundbreaking construction for this TMT was interrupted in 2014, so no idea why they now say construction is scheduled to begin in 2018?. Also the 1 million every year offer is going to look silly in the year 2050 if inflation is not factored in. That $1 dollar rent or lease agreements made by your astronomy community back in the 1960's looks like a joke today, a very sick joke.
Edited to add.
Speaking of adding info, some authors do a poor job by not adding enough info of what really might matter,jmo. That is what some of these older articles seriously lacked, (Respect). Why no mention of the many opposing or oppressed conerned Hawaiian communities thoughts about the tmt project that was being pushed atop their sacred mountain?