Which large telescope would the NSF back?
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NSF made an announcement that they will only back one of the two planned U.S. owned terrestrial telescopes:
https://www.science.org/content/article/nsf-wrestles-dilemma-over-dueling-giant-telescopes
The external panel hired to advise the NSF should likely have a decision by end of September: https://ww2.aip.org/fyi/external-panel-to-advise-nsf-on-extremely-large-telescope-plans
Which one would it be?
Market resolves based on NSF's official decision when available.
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