Foundation exploring TMT ahead of funding decision
The National Science Foundation is continuing its informal outreach efforts in Hawaii as part of a campaign that could help to determine whether it will award hundreds of thousands of dollars to the stalled Thirty Meter Telescope project.
In a meeting Tuesday of the foundation’s Astronomy and Astrophysics Advisory Committee, officials said they’ve already conducted 53 virtual meetings with more than 100 people in Hawaii on both sides of the controversial issue.
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