10-01-2019, 08:04 PM
"[...] including TMT unless telescopes scheduled for removal are initiated immediately, in a meaningful fashion, who knows...The UH is THE central player..."
The removal process for the two telescopes scheduled for removal has been initiated. They are going through the decommissioning process as we speak. In both those cases, UH is not the central player, it's state law. The third telescope to be removed, assuming Ige's declaration will stand, has not yet been chosen, despite what people read in the media. And please remember, the deal was that the three telescopes are removed by the time TMT is operational in Hawaii.
Then the courts said five telescopes should be removed, again, by the time TMT is operational.
All of this goes away if the TMT is not built here.
The removal process for the two telescopes scheduled for removal has been initiated. They are going through the decommissioning process as we speak. In both those cases, UH is not the central player, it's state law. The third telescope to be removed, assuming Ige's declaration will stand, has not yet been chosen, despite what people read in the media. And please remember, the deal was that the three telescopes are removed by the time TMT is operational in Hawaii.
Then the courts said five telescopes should be removed, again, by the time TMT is operational.
All of this goes away if the TMT is not built here.