08-03-2016, 04:43 PM
"The observatories are just data acquisition stations now. The data cataloging, data processing, data analysis, are all going on elsewhere, distributed to thousands of astronomers and physicists all over the planet. Those are the thousands of jobs that Mauna Kea is providing. The state isn't smart enough to figure they should be getting a small microtransaction fee for the data being exported from this island."
I don't know why you keep harping on about data reduction and analysis being done elsewhere. That has always been the case and applies to astronomical observatories around the world and those in space. As for a local tax on knowledge, I don't think that'll help promote science or business in the state.
I don't know why you keep harping on about data reduction and analysis being done elsewhere. That has always been the case and applies to astronomical observatories around the world and those in space. As for a local tax on knowledge, I don't think that'll help promote science or business in the state.