1900 million in paving and long scientific work remain in limbo by paralysing astronomical project in Ventarrones » Diario Regionalista Antofagasta

Ambitious astronomical project in conjunction with China, was frozen by the Government of Chile, following supposed pressures from the United States, despite important advances, including paving roads built exclusively to reach the place. Uncertainty remains following the freezing of the Transient Objects Monitoring (TOM) project promoted by the Catholic University of the North (UCN) and the National Astronomical Observatory of China. The agreem…