“It was common to drink from plastic bottles and cans in high altitude astronomy.” Quote by Steven Magee
“Resist the Mauna Kea Observatories (MKO).” AstronomyOshaAltitudeMaunaKeaTmtHawaiiTelescopeResistObservatories Author:Steven Magee
“Prolonged altitude sickness generally leads to altitude diseases.” AstronomyOshaSicknessAltitudeMaunaKeaTmtTelescopeDiseasesProlonged Author:Steven Magee
“One of the bad habits I developed in very high altitude astronomy was eating a bowl of free ice cream for breakfast, as the free cooked breakfast would make me feel really sickly when at the summit of Mauna Kea.” AstronomyIceOshaAltitudeBreakfastMaunaKeaTmtCreamTelescope Author:Steven Magee
“I developed strange intestinal problems when working at very high altitude on Mauna Kea. Intestinal pains and bouts of loose stools. Dietary experimentation lead to the conclusion that eating a diet that comprised of lots of steamed vegetables when home would reduce the symptoms.” AstronomyOshaAltitudeMaunaVegetablesKeaTmtStoolsIntestinalDietary Author:Steven Magee
“During my time at the W. M. Keck Observatory, I had formed the opinion that overworking workers was part of the company's toxic culture.” CultureAstronomyOshaAltitudeMaunaKeaToxicTmtKeckOverworking Author:Steven Magee
“It was well known to the team of eight extreme night shift workers that group needed nine workers to prevent overwork and accumulation of excess night shift hours that could not be taken because there were not enough workers to cover for the absence.” AbsenceAstronomyOshaAltitudeMaunaKeaTmtOverworkNightsShifts Author:Steven Magee
“Out of a group of eight extreme night shift workers, I was aware of four workers who appeared to be displaying symptoms of depression. That is fifty percent of the team. That number may be higher if you include those that were already on successful depression treatment and were not publicly showing the symptoms.” DepressionAstronomyOshaAltitudeMaunaKeaTmtTelescopeNightsShifts Author:Steven Magee
“Daily fatigue was a problem for many very high altitude workers.” ProblemAstronomyOshaAltitudeMaunaKeaTmtFatigueTelescopeDaily Author:Steven Magee
“It is common in high altitude astronomy to find astronomical observatories located on sparsely populated remote volcanic islands.” AstronomyIslandsOshaAltitudeMaunaKeaTmtTelescopeRemoteVolcanic Author:Steven Magee
“A particular team of world leading male astronomers that I regularly worked with engaged in extensive sordid conversations about their female counterparts that I had not witnessed in the many other astronomy teams. It was unique to their group. What was also unique to their group was the intensive all night long computer work. It was so intense that getting rest room breaks during the night was always a problem.” AstronomyOshaAltitudeMaunaKeaTmtComputersConversationsSordidIntensive Author:Steven Magee