“There is an urgent need to remove the scalawags from professional astronomy.” WorkersAstronomyRemoveNeedHawaiiUrgentProfessionalHawaiianMauna KeaScalawags Author:Steven Magee
“I took a look through the recent Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) Twitter feed and could find no information on the full range of sicknesses, diseases and deaths known to occur in Mauna Kea and La Palma summit workers.” WorkersTmtSummitTwitterDiseasesDeathsMauna KeaLa PalmaSicknessesThirty Meter Telescope Author:Steven Magee
“I was hallucinating without the ‘Mad Honey’ atop 13,800 feet Mauna Kea!” AstronomyHawaiiTelescopesHawaiianObservatoriesHawaii IslandMauna KeaAtopHallucinatingMad Honey Author:Steven Magee
“The Thirty Meter Telescope atop Mauna Kea is arguably one of the most disliked projects in the history of scientific discovery.” HistoryTmtHawaiiScientific DiscoveryHawaiianMauna KeaAtopThirty Meter TelescopeArguablyMost Disliked Projects Author:Steven Magee
“I remember being at the summit of Mauna Kea in Hawaii and watching the 9-11 attacks on TV. It happened in the middle of the night when everyone was asleep and I only found out about it when I arrived at work. By that time the two towers had collapsed hours earlier.” HawaiiSummitMiddle Of The NightTwo TowersMauna KeaI RememberCollapsed9 11 AttacksBy That TimeEveryone Was Asleep Author:Steven Magee
“I was the manager of the world's largest telescopes.” WorldAstronomyHawaiiTelescopesObservatoryManagerKeckLargestMauna KeaKeck Observatory Author:Steven Magee
“Three words: Shut TMT down.” RadiationThree WordsHypoxiaAltitude HypersensitivityAltitude SicknessMauna KeaAir PressureHypoxemiaThirty Meter TelescopeShut Tmt Down Author:Steven Magee
“I started to exhibit Amnestic Disorder during working extreme night shifts at the world’s largest telescopes atop 13,800 feet very high altitude Mauna Kea in Hawaii. I was mal-acclimatized to the mountain, hypoxic, extremely sleep deprived, breathing medical oxygen, and in an unnaturally high radiation environment.” TelescopesHypoxicMauna KeaVery High AltitudeSleep DeprivedExtreme Night ShiftsAmnestic DisorderBreathing Medical OxygenHigh Radiation EnvironmentMal Acclimatized Author:Steven Magee
“When I worked at the Mauna Kea Observatories in Hawaii, it was a mismanaged group of telescopes with many OSHA workplace violations.” OshaHawaiiTelescopesHealth And SafetyMauna KeaIllegal ActivityMauna Kea ObservatoriesMismanagedWhen I WorkedWorkplace Violations Author:Steven Magee
“The heyday of high altitude professional astronomy is over, as too much information is emerging about the toxicity of high altitude exposures to sea level adapted humans.” ToxicityHeydayAltitude HypersensitivityAltitude SicknessHawaii IslandMauna KeaHigh Altitude ExposuresSea Level Adapted HumansToo Much Information Is Emerging Author:Steven Magee
“It was common to have hallucinations atop the very high altitude mountain of Mauna Kea in Hawaii. Oxygen starvation causes it, it is known to start above 12,000 feet and we were at 13,800 feet. When I see people chatting to themselves, I have sympathy for them. They really do believe someone is with them!” MountainInvisibleAltitudeSympathyHawaiiOxygenStarvationHallucinationsChattingMauna Kea Author:Steven Magee
“The government of Hawaii has been arresting the native Hawaiians that are objecting to the development of Mauna Kea. The Hawaiians regard it as the most sacred place in Hawaii. They view the summit of Mauna Kea as their place of worship and they regard the Mauna Kea Observatories as desecration. Could you imagine several of the world’s largest telescopes being built at the Vatican in the middle of St. Peter’s Square? It is the same thing!” WorshipSacredHawaiiSummitHawaiiansObservatoriesVaticanMauna KeaDesecrationSt Peter S Square Book:Summit Brain Source: Summit Brain
“The Hawaii Police Department gave me a citation for sleeping in my car. I went to the courthouse wearing a NASA tee-shirt and checked out the courtroom where I was supposed to go to for my future citation hearing. Much to my surprise, I walked in on the Mauna Kea protectors court hearing that I had no idea was taking place! I could see everyone looking at the NASA tee-shirt I was wearing and I was asked to leave by the court attendant. I told him it was public hearing and I was staying! I am a Mauna Kea protector also and I had only wore the NASA tee-shirt that day because it was the only clean shirt I had. I never bought the NASA tee-shirt, it was a gift from my daughter. Most of my tee-shirts say protect Mauna Kea!” NasaCourtroom DramaHawaii IslandMauna KeaTee ShirtCourthouseCourt HearingHawaii Police DepartmentProtect Mauna KeaWe Are Mauna Kea Author:Steven Magee
“Rule #1 – Do not upset the Hawaiians. Rule #2 – See rule #1.” HawaiiHawaiianHawaii IslandMauna KeaProtect Mauna KeaRule 1We Are Mauna KeaDo Not Upset The HawaiiansRule 2See Rule 1 Author:Steven Magee
“I saw my ex become lesbian, she was very stressed about it! She was previously straight. She was a Mauna Kea night shift worker regularly exposed to the very high altitude summit.” SummitMauna KeaVery High AltitudeShe WasBecome LesbianI Saw My ExNight Shift WorkerPreviously StraightRegularly Exposed ToVery Stressed Author:Steven Magee
“By the time I left the Mauna Kea Observatories in Hawaii, I was aware the management teams were engaging in illegal activities.” AltitudeEngagingHawaiiAltitude SicknessIllegal ActivitiesMauna KeaMauna Kea ObservatoriesBy The TimeI Was AwareManagement Teams Author:Steven Magee
“As the new medical conditions of ‘Magee's Disease’, ‘Summit Brain’ and ‘Altitude Hypersensitivity’ become more well known and understood, I expect this will eventually lead to the removal of all astronomical industrial observatories atop Mauna Kea.” AltitudeAltitude HypersensitivityMauna KeaVery High AltitudeMagee S DiseaseSummit BrainNew Medical ConditionsRemoval Of AllWell Known And Understood Author:Steven Magee