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UK shut out of Gemini telescope
Gemini board rejects bid to continue partial involvement in observatory.
The Gemini Observatory has rejected a bid to allow UK astronomers continued access to one of its two telescopes.
The rejection means the astronomers will be very restricted in their ability to view much of the northern sky, says Michael Rowan-Robinson, president of the Royal Astronomical Society in London.
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This is another example of the problem when political interests and scientific interests are so closely bound. UK Astronomers need to find funding for these relationships from private sources and their own institutions.
80 million pounds is less than the cost of 2 Euro fighters, could our air force not manage with 2 less