Menristek selaku mantan rektor ITB yang mengelola Observatorium Bosscha menjadi salah satu aset strategis nasional dalam sains milik bangsa Indonesia dan menjadi bernilai penting berhubung menjadi satu-satunya fasilitas peneropongan bintang di belahan Selatan bumi yang berdekatan dengan garis khatulistiwa.
the Minister for Research and Technology who was the Rector of ITB Institute Technology of Bandung, which the institute is in charge of facility, stated that the Bosscha Observatory is a strategic asset of science belonged to Indonesia, and furthermore the facility becomes valuable as it is the only stars observation facility in the southern part of earth and adjacent to the equator.