“From the viewpoint of sea level adapted human biology, the very high altitude summit of Mauna Kea as a workplace does not work.” AstronomyOshaAltitudeBiologyMaunaKeaTmtWorkplaceTelescopeViewpoint Author:Steven Magee
“My research is indicating that professional astronomers crossed over the line that divides lawful from illegal decades ago.” DecadesAstronomyOshaAltitudeIllegalMaunaKeaTmtLineLawful Author:Steven Magee
“Working at the Mauna Kea Observatories (MKO) was my 9-11.” AstronomyOshaAltitudeMaunaKeaTmtTelescopeWorking9 11Observatories Author:Steven Magee
“For some people, working at the Mauna Kea Observatories (MKO) results in the very high altitude lobotomy.” ResultsAstronomyOshaAltitudeMaunaKeaTmtTelescopeObservatoriesLobotomy Author:Steven Magee
“For some people, working and sleeping at high altitudes results in the hypoxia lobotomy.” AstronomyOshaAltitudeMaunaKeaTmtWorkingSleepingHypoxiaLobotomy Author:Steven Magee
“The fallout from the #WeAreMaunaKea protests will ripple throughout global astronomy.” AstronomyOshaAltitudeMaunaKeaTmtTelescopeGlobalFalloutWearemaunakea Author:Steven Magee
“When I look at the high level of science that I have been able to produce on just a few thousand dollars per year, I shake my head in disbelief at the need to spend 1.4 billion dollars on a single research project.” ScienceResearchAstronomyOshaAltitudeMaunaKeaTmtTelescopeDisbelief Author:Steven Magee
“It is unwise to delay oxygen administration to a worker that has “Summit Brain”, but it would frequently happen at the Mauna Kea Observatories (MKO) due to insufficient oxygen administration equipment.” BrainAstronomyOshaAltitudeMaunaKeaTmtOxygenSummitInsufficient Author:Steven Magee
“One of the reasons that I left the day shift for the night shift at the Mauna Kea Observatories (MKO) was that I was fed up with queuing up for my turn on the oxygen with a nasty “Summit Brain” headache.” BrainAstronomyOshaAltitudeMaunaKeaTmtNastySummitHeadache Author:Steven Magee
“Altitude sickness is known to develop in some people just above 4,900 feet and police officers should be screened to see how low it is occurring in them. A sea level adapted police officer with altitude sickness should be removed from duty and returned to sea level for recovery, regardless of how low it is occurring. Police officers that are repeatedly experiencing altitude sickness should be reassigned to sea level duty.” LawPoliceAstronomyOshaAltitudeMaunaKeaTmtEnforcementOfficer Author:Steven Magee