“As a manager in high altitude astronomy, I found poor performing employees to be a feature of remote observatories.” Quote by Steven Magee
“I had observed similar problems in numerous poor performing high altitude workers I had supervised to the ill health that I displayed at age 48.” PoorAstronomyPerformingOshaAltitudeMaunaKeaTmtObservedSupervised Author:Steven Magee
“The next time you look at a wonderful astronomical picture taken from the summit of Mauna Kea, you must remember that workers health was damaged in order to obtain it.” WonderfulAstronomyOshaAltitudeMaunaKeaTmtPictureDamagedAstronomical Author:Steven Magee
“To build the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) atop Mauna Kea requires a willful ignorance to Mauna Kea Sickness (MKS) by the many people involved with the project.” IgnoranceAstronomyOshaAltitudeMaunaKeaTmtBuildProjectWillful Author:Steven Magee
“For some workers in very high altitude astronomy, their daily round trip commute from home to the mountain summit was approximately six hours.” MountainAstronomyOshaAltitudeMaunaKeaTmtSummitTelescopeCommute Author:Steven Magee
“Extreme weather in conjunction with Cerebral Hypoxia makes for a very dangerous driving experience when at high altitudes.” DrivingAstronomyWeatherOshaAltitudeMaunaKeaTmtCerebralHypoxia Author:Steven Magee
“How did I get home without killing myself in a car accident was a question that I asked myself many times during working extreme night shifts.” CarKillingAstronomyOshaAltitudeMaunaKeaTmtAccidentNight Shift Author:Steven Magee
“There were times I would drive home after an extreme set of night shifts and have no recollection of the journey.” AstronomyOshaAltitudeMaunaKeaTmtRecollectionDriveExtremeNight Shifts Author:Steven Magee
“Workers on the 13,796' oxygen deficient summit of Mauna Kea did not use medical oxygen when driving cars to treat the potentially dangerous adverse mental effects of Cerebral Hypoxia.” AstronomyOshaAltitudeMaunaKeaTmtOxygenCerebralHypoxiaDeficient Author:Steven Magee
“I lost control of the sport utility vehicle (SUV) many times at astronomical observatories. Driving down the road on two wheels like a stunt car driver after taking a corner too fast and almost rolling over at Roque De Los Muchachos, sliding uncontrollably down Kitt Peak backwards on a dangerous snowy road, and hallucinating on Mauna Kea while driving, to name just a few of the dangerous occurrences.” LostAstronomyOshaControlAltitudeMaunaKeaTmtSuvHallucinating Author:Steven Magee
“The most dangerous roads I have driven on are those leading to high altitude astronomical observatories.” DangerousAstronomyOshaAltitudeMaunaKeaTmtLeadingRoadsObservatories Author:Steven Magee