Are you familiar with the science case for these three telescopes? Because you wouldn't want to make a statement like that without a passing knowledge of: [TM

Are you familiar with the science case for these three telescopes? Because you wouldn't want to make a statement like that without a passing knowledge of: [TMT science] http://www.tmt.org/science-case http://www.tmt.org/science-case, http://www.tmt.org/sites/default/files/documents/application/pdf/tmt-dsc-2015-release-2015apr29-s2.pdf http://www.tmt.org/sites/default/files/documents/application... [GMT science] http://www.gmto.org/Resources/GMT-SCI-REF-00482_2_GMT_Science_Book.pdf http://www.gmto.org/Resources/GMT-SCI-REF-00482_2_GMT_Scienc... [E-ELT science] https://www.eso.org/sci/facilities/eelt/science/ https://www.eso.org/sci/facilities/eelt/science/ All of this science background is understood in relation to the National Academies Astrophysics decadal study, which was written in 2010 and is being revised at a series of meetings that concludes next month. (http://sites.nationalacademies.org/SSB/CurrentProjects/SSB_161177 http://sites.nationalacademies.org/SSB/CurrentProjects/SSB_1...) Remember that the $1B is in relation to space missions (Hubble, JWST, etc.) costing much more.