![]() ![]() The Canary Islands archipelago, located west of Morocco in the eastern Atlantic Ocean, is already home to several powerful telescopes. Shark attacks: A 3rd person was bitten by sharks in just two days off a Florida beach “We have all the necessary plans at all levels – the people, the speed, the systems, absolutely everything is ready if they want to come,” Duque said. Last week, Spain’s science minister, Pedro Duque, reiterated the government’s full support for the Canary Islands as a Plan B site for the telescope and said the country is well-prepared to host it. “Our mountains are not sacred,” he added. Rebolo said local officials who would have jurisdiction over a La Palma building permit for the new telescope solidly back the project and that the observatory site has already passed environmental impact evaluations. Given the opposition of some local residents, the international consortium in October 2016 announced a backup location in the Canary Islands – Roque de los Muchachos Observatory on La Palma. $145,000 at a steakhouse?: Employee charged with embezzling $5 million from his company Separately, the state Department of Land and Natural Resources granted a two-year extension to the deadline for starting construction. The Hawaii Supreme Court last year ruled the international consortium behind the telescope lawfully obtained a permit to build the telescope, clearing the way for the construction to proceed. Scientists selected Mauna Kea’s summit for the giant telescope because the weather and air conditions there are among the best in the world for viewing the skies. “Our position is that we are here if the TMT project needs us,” he said in a telephone interview from the institute’s headquarters on the island of Tenerife. ![]() “We are observing what is happening in Hawaii with the maximum respect,” Rebolo, the point man for the alternative site in Spain’s Canary Islands, said. Some Native Hawaiians believe the Big Island mountain is sacred, and protesters are in their fourth week of blocking access to Mauna Kea’s summit to prevent construction. First 'The Rock', now Jason Momoa: Celebrities visit Hawaiian 'protectors' blocking massive telescope ![]()
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