Giant telescope project in Hawaii delayed by protests 0 SHARES Share it! For months, hundreds of protesters have delayed the start of construction on Mauna Kea volcano of the so-called Thirty Meter Telescope, or TMT, which astronomers say will have a dozen times the resolution of the Hubble Space Telescope. Work on the project — set to be completed by 2027 — was supposed to start in 2015 but has been hampered by repeated protests. Some question whether one more telescope — albeit a giant one — would make such a big difference. “The telescope would not sit atop the mountain and will be visible from only a small section (14 percent) of the island,” he said.

Source: Manila Bulletin September 28, 2019 06:22 UTC