Thirty Meter Telescope project dependent on NSF funding

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Thirty Meter Telescope project dependent on NSF funding

HILO, Hawai‘i — The fate of the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) rests in the hands of the Hawaiian community, observatory officials say. During a conversation with the Tribune-Herald earlier this month, TMT project manager Fengchuan Liu was candid about the observatory’s past and future on Hawai‘i Island. Liu said that after the extensive protests against the observatory’s construction in 2019, it became clear to him that no future for the observat…