“It was clear to me that upper management and astronomers were adverse to going to very high altitude observatories.” Quote by Steven Magee
“Astronomers rarely visit the summit of Mauna Kea. They sit in near sea level offices and obtain their astronomical data remotely using very high altitude workers on the summit of the mountain to control the telescope and computers.” AstronomyOshaAltitudeMaunaKeaTmtSummitAstronomersVisitRarely Author:Steven Magee
“If you support the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) atop Mauna Kea, then you support professional astronomers damaging their sea level adapted workers health.” WorkersAstronomyOshaAltitudeMaunaKeaTmtProfessionalAstronomersDamaging Author:Steven Magee
“It is important that police officers assigned to Mauna Kea realize that professional astronomers are completely okay with willfully damaging their health to get a known biologically toxic telescope built.” PoliceOfficersMaunaKeaToxicTmtTelescopeProfessionalAstronomersDamaging Author:Steven Magee
“It is hard for the government to apply the rule of law for professional astronomers that have decades of history of breaking numerous laws.” GovernmentHistoryDecadesOshaLawsProfessionalAstronomersRuleBreakingNumerous Author:Steven Magee
“Having studied High Altitude Observatory Diseases (HAOD), I now regard professional astronomers as mad scientists.” RegardMadAltitudeHighProfessionalAstronomersObservatoryScientistsDiseasesStudied Author:Steven Magee
“To build the world’s largest telescope atop the sacred mountain of Mauna Kea in Hawaii requires getting past me, and I do not think professional astronomers will be successful in doing so.” MountainSacredOshaMaunaKeaTmtHawaiiTelescopeProfessionalAstronomers Author:Steven Magee
“I am committed to shutting down the toxic Mauna Kea Observatories and this is a serious problem for professional astronomers, given that I was the manager of the world’s largest telescopes.” ProblemMaunaKeaTelescopesProfessionalAstronomersManagerObservatoriesLargestWorld S Author:Steven Magee
“Professional astronomers should consider their tenure atop the sacred mountain of Mauna Kea temporary, as biological science is in the process of characterizing Mauna Kea Sickness in the summit workers.” SacredOshaSicknessAltitudeMaunaKeaTmtSummitAstronomersTenure Author:Steven Magee
“Professional astronomers have successfully evaded researching Mauna Kea Sickness in their summit workers and their offspring, and it is unacceptable for this to continue.” WorkersOshaSicknessMaunaKeaSummitOffspringAstronomersResearchingEvaded Author:Steven Magee
“With the benefit of hindsight, I formed the opinion that professional astronomers viewed their high altitude workers as disposable.” OpinionWorkersAstronomyAltitudeHighHindsightProfessionalAstronomersDisposableBenefit Author:Steven Magee