TMT construction begins Monday 15 July

[TomK]

You also need to add in all the educational effort the observatory staff put in which is pretty hard to put a price on. Giving young people opportunities to learn about science and technology takes a lot of time and money and we've seen many stories in the local media about how Hawaiian students, of all ages, have benefitted from those opportunities. And of course the $1 rent had to be brought up again and ignored the fact that 15% of the MK Observatories costs go to the University of Hawaii and its STEM courses. Several million dollars worth every year.