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RE: Astronomy in Hawaii Pau? - TomK - 05-09-2022
(05-08-2022, 06:08 PM)AaronM Wrote: eVeRyThInG i dOnT aGrEe WiTh iS nUtS
I guess this is what happens to some people when they see a different point of view.
RE: Astronomy in Hawaii Pau? - AaronM - 05-10-2022
"Astronomers at an observatory at the summit of Haleakala on Maui have quietly made an important discovery: a previously unknown “Trojan” near-earth asteroid that is the largest yet discovered (about ¾ of a mile in diameter). Trojan asteroids are unique in that they share earth’s orbit around the sun. The space object has been named 2020 XL5."
When does the discussion about decommissioning the observatories on Haleakala begin?
RE: Astronomy in Hawaii Pau? - HereOnThePrimalEdge - 05-10-2022
decommissioning the observatories on Haleakala
Protestors tried to block construction of the solar observatory on Haleakala. They were removed from the road, pulled out from under the truck, arrested, and that was that. And unlike Mauna Kea, Haleakala does have military observatories there (one tested Reagan’s Star Wars laser), military space tracking, military personnel.
They also track space asteroids headed toward earth.
RE: Astronomy in Hawaii Pau? - Durian Fiend - 05-10-2022
(05-08-2022, 10:00 AM)AaronM Wrote: Actually, I don't miss it at all. Besides, this thread clearly espouses a different point of view.What point of view would that be?
RE: Astronomy in Hawaii Pau? - TomK - 05-11-2022
(05-10-2022, 04:28 PM)AaronM Wrote: "Astronomers at an observatory at the summit of Haleakala on Maui have quietly made an important discovery: a previously unknown “Trojan” near-earth asteroid that is the largest yet discovered (about ¾ of a mile in diameter). Trojan asteroids are unique in that they share earth’s orbit around the sun. The space object has been named 2020 XL5."
When does the discussion about decommissioning the observatories on Haleakala begin?
Please help me out here. Discovering an asteroid using the telescopes on Haleakala, which they're designed to do, leads to a question about why there's no discussion about decommissioning those telescopes. The MK observatories also observe trojan asteroids. What is your point?
RE: Astronomy in Hawaii Pau? - kalakoa - 05-11-2022
Haleakala detected the asteroid without building any new telescopes?
RE: Astronomy in Hawaii Pau? - AaronM - 05-12-2022
(05-10-2022, 05:21 PM)HereOnThePrimalEdge Wrote: decommissioning the observatories on Haleakala
And unlike Mauna Kea, Haleakala does have military observatories there (one tested Reagan’s Star Wars laser), military space tracking, military personnel.
If only there was a DOD presence on MK, then the TMT would have been built already.
RE: Astronomy in Hawaii Pau? - HawaiiEV - 05-12-2022
That’s true
RE: Astronomy in Hawaii Pau? - HereOnThePrimalEdge - 05-12-2022
If only there was a DOD presence on MK
Ironic isn’t it?
“Protectors” claim the observatories on Mauna Kea are military, but the fact that protestors weren’t arrested, TMT construction didn’t proceed catches them in their lie, and leaves them free to continue spreading the lie.
More irony, “Protectors” protest that the observatories cause pollution of the MK water table by parking old oil leaking cars & trucks across the MK water table and leaving their garbage spread across the aina for the county to clean up. So their decomposing trash won’t leach into the water table.
RE: Astronomy in Hawaii Pau? - HawaiiEV - 05-12-2022
You are not a tolerant person, that reflects poorly on you not them. Try talk and share aloha, or go home.