(09-04-2026, 01:27 AM)HereOnThePrimalEdge Wrote: so we should maintain what we have, keep what works..
We are, all within the terms agreed to by IFA and the rest of the stakeholders, which included, always included, removing older facilities.
No reason to get upset, in fact I think, besides the emotional attachment some have (that can be debated as to whether it is healthy or not) they're doing what they've agreed to do. Of course UKIRT dragged its feet for a decade, and dragged the entire program down in the process. But, hey, finally they are going to go the way they should have gone years ago.
Seriously, Edge, how'd you feel if when you bought your place it had a building on the property and the seller agreed, as part of the sale, to tear it down and haul it away "as soon as possible" and then ten years later the thing was still there? I am sure you'd have all sorts of nasty things to tell anyone that would listen to you about da buggah.
And yes, of course, they contributed to the advancement of the science so that other's can follow.. and follow they are. It's just nice that the Hawaiians can't point at UKIRT anymore and ask the colonizers WTF?