Hawaii Land Board OKs $1.3B Thirty Meter Telescope
The University of Hawaii has won a crucial permit to build a giant telescope on the summit of Mauna Kea. Excerpts from :
The Hawaii Board of聽on Friday granted the聽a conservation district use permit for the $1.3 billion Thirty Meter Telescope, saying the university can add what will be one of the world鈥檚 largest telescopes to the observatories on the summit of Mauna Kea.
The board, in a final decision in a, said the university had satisfied all eight criteria necessary under state law to allow the telescope to be built on conservation land.
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