07-26-2016, 03:26 PM
Eric,
"TMT is also going to trade time with other telescope contributors to give UH students 7.5% viewing time on the TMT itself, which is unprecedented."
The current observatories already donate 15% of their observing time to UH, it's how they pay their rent and results in several million dollars of time for UH faculty and students. The TMT's contribution is actually half of the current observatories, but they will also be paying a monetary rent.
Anyway, it would be nice to get back to discoveries made on MK rather than another thread debating the TMT.
"TMT is also going to trade time with other telescope contributors to give UH students 7.5% viewing time on the TMT itself, which is unprecedented."
The current observatories already donate 15% of their observing time to UH, it's how they pay their rent and results in several million dollars of time for UH faculty and students. The TMT's contribution is actually half of the current observatories, but they will also be paying a monetary rent.
Anyway, it would be nice to get back to discoveries made on MK rather than another thread debating the TMT.