07-16-2020, 12:30 AM
(This post was last modified: 07-16-2020, 12:37 AM by HereOnThePrimalEdge.)
Not a big surprise given the COVID-19 pandemic, but construction of the TMT may not resume until 2021:
Gordon Squires, vice president of external affairs for the TMT International Observatory, announced on Hawaii News Now Sunrise that construction will probably not happen until sometime after spring or summer of 2021. “With the pandemic and other factors that have come in, winter seems like a long ways away, but it’s not that far away and for us to resume construction activities on site, winter on Mauna Kea just isn’t feasible,” Squires said.
Despite this, Squires said, “We’re absolutely committed to finding a way forward in Hawaii.”
Construction of Thirty Meter Telescope probably won’t resume until 2021
With a do-nothing mayor still in charge of law enforcement on Mauna Kea Access Road this summer, and the possibility of a do-something mayor in office next year, it’s probably a wise decision.
Gordon Squires, vice president of external affairs for the TMT International Observatory, announced on Hawaii News Now Sunrise that construction will probably not happen until sometime after spring or summer of 2021. “With the pandemic and other factors that have come in, winter seems like a long ways away, but it’s not that far away and for us to resume construction activities on site, winter on Mauna Kea just isn’t feasible,” Squires said.
Despite this, Squires said, “We’re absolutely committed to finding a way forward in Hawaii.”
Construction of Thirty Meter Telescope probably won’t resume until 2021
With a do-nothing mayor still in charge of law enforcement on Mauna Kea Access Road this summer, and the possibility of a do-something mayor in office next year, it’s probably a wise decision.
“We do this thing not because it is easy, but because we thought it would be easy.”