Groups | Search | Server Info | Keyboard shortcuts | Login | Register [http] [https] [nntp] [nntps]
Groups > sci.physics > #537106
| From | dvus <dven1@adelphia.net> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | sci.physics |
| Subject | Re: Thirty Meter Telescope Is Dead |
| Date | 2015-12-03 04:33 -0500 |
| Message-ID | <dcagkeFld5uU1@mid.individual.net> (permalink) |
| References | <pan.2015.12.03.07.35.45@thorpe.info> <LO-dnVduh4Hqmv3LnZ2dnUU7-UudnZ2d@giganews.com> |
On 12/3/2015 4:12 AM, Yousuf Khan wrote: > On 03/12/2015 2:37 AM, Lester Thorpe wrote: >> The Thirty-Meter Telescope is has been dealt a lethal blow: >> >> http://space.io9.com/construction-permits-pulled-on-the-thirty-meter-telesco-1745857470 >> >> >> >> Progress in science has been thwarted by a mob of superstitious >> throwbacks. >> >> We can thank ALL liberal social progressives, including Wormley the >> champion of women in science, for this major setback. > > There were already many other telescopes on that mountain. Perhaps > enough was enough? We're going to have JWST up in space pretty soon, was > this ground telescope really going to make a difference in the end? > There are already plans for even larger telescopes to be built in other > places, this telescope was going to be the largest in the world for an > exceedingly short time. So, you think it's a good thing that the locals managed to yank a previously issued construction permit for a new telescope because there were other telescopes in place? Is it possible that not enough of the $1.4 billion went into local pockets to keep them happy? -- dvus
Back to sci.physics | Previous | Next — Previous in thread | Next in thread | Find similar | Unroll thread
Thirty Meter Telescope Is Dead Lester Thorpe <lt11@thorpe.info> - 2015-12-03 07:37 +0000
Re: Thirty Meter Telescope Is Dead Yousuf Khan <bbbl67@spammenot.yahoo.com> - 2015-12-03 04:12 -0500
Re: Thirty Meter Telescope Is Dead dvus <dven1@adelphia.net> - 2015-12-03 04:33 -0500
Re: Thirty Meter Telescope Is Dead Yousuf Khan <bbbl67@spammenot.yahoo.com> - 2015-12-03 18:41 -0500
Re: Thirty Meter Telescope Is Dead Lester Thorpe <lt11@thorpe.info> - 2015-12-03 14:36 +0000
Re: Thirty Meter Telescope Is Dead pnalsing@gmail.com - 2015-12-03 16:02 -0800
Re: Thirty Meter Telescope Is Dead Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2015-12-03 10:32 -0600
csiph-web