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The board of governors for the Thirty-Meter Telescope has chosen an alternate site for construction that could allow it to cut its losses in Mauna Kea:
The Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) could move to La Palma, in Spain's Canary Islands, if opposition from Native Hawaiians prevents the next-generation observatory from being built atop the Hawaiian mountain of Mauna Kea as planned.
The decision, announced on 31 October by the TMT International Observatory's board of governors, creates an alternative path forward for the troubled mega-telescope. Its opponents blocked access to the Mauna Kea site in April 2015, halting construction, although work on the telescope's components continues at sites around the world. Native Hawaiians regard the decision to build the TMT on Mauna Kea as the continued desecration of a sacred mountaintop that hosts 13 other telescopes, some of which are being decommissioned.
In December, Hawaii's state supreme court nullified the permit that would have allowed the TMT to proceed. A fresh round of hearings began this month, with TMT officials seeking a new permit from the state's Bureau of Land and Natural Resources.
Previously:
Thirty Meter Telescope Considering Move as Hawaii Officials Open Hearing
Hawaiian Court Revokes Permit for Construction of Thirty-Meter-Telescope
Protests Temporarily Halt Thirty-Meter Telescope's Construction in Hawaii
(Score: 4, Insightful) by inertnet on Tuesday November 01 2016, @02:46PM
I would just let them be and build it on the next best spot. Not because I agree with the na(t)ives, but to make sure that ignorant fanatics don't get an opportunity to destroy valuable equipment.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by frojack on Tuesday November 01 2016, @05:50PM
Exactly, and the Canary islands probably need the employment that construction and operations will bring.
Its not even used as a refueling stop to the degree it was in the past.
Hawaii hardly needs more money poured into it.
No, you are mistaken. I've always had this sig.