[meteorite-list] Possible reduction or closings on Kitt Peak

From: Richard A. Kowalski <kowalski_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2011 20:35:39 -0700
Message-ID: <4ED4530B.50701_at_lpl.arizona.edu>

On 11/28/2011 8:17 PM, Richard Montgomery wrote:
> Richard K, will this impact you directly? (Indirect impact is still
> distressful to contemplate.)
>
> Richard M.

Thanks for asking Richard.

No, this should not affect Catalina. We operate with two telescopes
owned by the Steward Observatory, U of A, at sites in the Santa Catalina
Mountains just north of Tucson. We have no affiliation with NOAO and our
funding comes directly from NASA.

While the budget has been signed into law, we are still awaiting to hear
from Washington our budget for continuing for the next few years. We
hope to hear something soon. After the turn of the year we hope to hear
positive information about our proposed Small Binocular Telescopes so we
can start engineering that system. If approved and funded, that three
telescope system would be placed on Mt Hopkins, south of Tucson. The SBT
should not be affected by the issues on Kitt Peak either.

-- 
Richard A. Kowalski
Senior Research Specialist
Catalina Sky Survey
Lunar & Planetary Laboratory
University of Arizona
Tucson, Arizona

Received on Mon 28 Nov 2011 10:35:39 PM PST