Spain offers 400 million euros to revive Thirty Meter Telescope AND RELATED: 'NASA is under attack.'
Hey, Space Placers!
"Spain wants and can be the home of the future of astronomy and astrophysics."
The troubled Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) has been through the wringer in trying to get built. Issues in Hawaii have delayed construction and the current administration is signaling cancellation of TMT.
As the story explains, Spain has offered significant money to bring TMT to La Palma, in the Canary Islands.
We will have to see how this story unfolds.
And in a related story to proposed science budget cuts, to include NASA"
(Image credit: Space.com / Josh Dinner)
From the story:
"Protesters, including the ad hoc organizing group called NASA Needs Help, gathered to sound the alarm over what they view as broad, preemptive overcompliance with President Donald Trump's 2026 budget proposal, which slashes NASA's science portfolio by roughly 50% — a cut that would cancel more than 40 current and upcoming space missions. While the budget proposal continues to make its way through Congress, NASA officials at the very top of agency leadership seem to have already begun implementing cuts, notifying employees and contractors of impending reductions in force (RIFs) and encouraging people to take advantage of the government's Deferred Resignation Program (DRP)."
My hope is that sentient members of Congress will prevail.
Sky Guy in VA
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