05-03-2016, 05:13 PM
"Meanwhile, the Chinese are almost finished with the planet's largest radio telescope, for $185 million, versus $1.4 billion for TMT. This radio telescope is going to be able to see EM that TMT is unable to see. It would be better for science if TMT went to the India site."
Conversely, the Chinese radio telescope is unable to detect EM the TMT will see, so it's a bit of a pointless argument. Also, I have yet to see any site testing data that are relevant to the TMT for the Indian site, so I don't know how anyone can say the TMT in India would be better for science.
Conversely, the Chinese radio telescope is unable to detect EM the TMT will see, so it's a bit of a pointless argument. Also, I have yet to see any site testing data that are relevant to the TMT for the Indian site, so I don't know how anyone can say the TMT in India would be better for science.