#Atacama Desert
MAUNA KEA SELECTED AS SITE FOR 30 METER TELESCOPE
The group tasked with selecting a site for the proposed Thirty Meter Telescope selected Mauna Kea on the Big Island of Hawaii, today as its preferred site. Governor Linda Lingle praised the decision by the board of directors of the TMT Observatory Corporation saying, it marks “an extraordinary step forward in the state’s continuing efforts […]
THIRTY-METER TELESCOPE FOCUS OF GOVERNOR’S MEETING
Governor Linda Lingle is meeting with the Chancellor of the University of California, Santa Barbara today to discuss the possibility of locating the planned Thirty-Meter Telescope atop Mauna Kea on the Big Island of Hawaii. The project is a partnership between UCSB, the California Institute of Technology, AURA and an organization of Canadian universities. Mauna […]