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Monster telescope breaks ground, will offer deepest views of universe
In part:
"What promises to be the most advanced and sensitive telescope in the world, the massive Thirty Meter Telescope, officially breaks ground Tuesday in Hawaii. When completed, it will offer the deepest and sharpest views of our universe yet.
This thing is a monster. At 30 meters (98 feet), the TMT's main mirror alone is nearly one-third the length of a football field. The instruments that go along with that mirror will be room-sized and mounted alongside it on a platform in the observatory near the summit of Mauna Kea, on Hawaii's Big Island."
http://www.latimes.com/science/scienceno...story.html
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This is great good news. We are living in an unprecedented Golden Age of Astronomy and Cosmology. Despite all the sadness and trouble in the world, anyone with a computer can share in the greatest flood of knowledge regarding our place in the universe that has ever occurred in human history. I am utterly mystified that people here, many of them not even Hawaiian, are protesting the construction of what will be one of the most technologically advanced research facilities on the planet. I think those attempting to block this project do not really understand the depth of the Hawaiian traditions they claim to be protecting. The ancient Polynesians who colonized Hawaii were, first and foremost, stargazers. That is what enabled them to embark on blue water, trans-oceanic expeditions of exploration and colonization while Europeans were still hugging the coastlines of a flat earth. How stargazing suddenly became kapu is a total mystery to me. I hope I live to see this project completed and stare in awe at the images it will reveal.
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anyone with a computer can share in the greatest flood of knowledge
Especially if they can get/afford enough bandwidth, unlike most of Puna.
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Utterly mystified? They usually want some sort of payoff.
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Originally posted by imagtek
This is great good news. We are living in an unprecedented Golden Age of Astronomy and Cosmology. Despite all the sadness and trouble in the world, anyone with a computer can share in the greatest flood of knowledge regarding our place in the universe that has ever occurred in human history. I am utterly mystified that people here, many of them not even Hawaiian, are protesting the construction of what will be one of the most technologically advanced research facilities on the planet. I think those attempting to block this project do not really understand the depth of the Hawaiian traditions they claim to be protecting. The ancient Polynesians who colonized Hawaii were, first and foremost, stargazers. That is what enabled them to embark on blue water, trans-oceanic expeditions of exploration and colonization while Europeans were still hugging the coastlines of a flat earth. How stargazing suddenly became kapu is a total mystery to me. I hope I live to see this project completed and stare in awe at the images it will reveal.
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Standing ovation for this post! Mahalo. JMO.
P.S. TMT is hiring (locally), too. [
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I don't know, kalakoa, but sometimes you can really be a bit of a mood hoover. Opihikao, I share your opinion of imagtek's post. I thought it was excellent.
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I find it ironic that this island has some of the worlds' most advanced technologies ... right up the hill from nearly third-world conditions.
At the same time, TMT can't seem to find any local talent for their workforce...
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Something to talk to DOE about?
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India, the country that successfully inserted a satellite into orbit around Mars a few months ago, for less than it cost to make the film "Gravity," is now a full time partner at the TMT.
http://www.bigislandvideonews.com/2014/1...t-project/
India is also a major contributor to the complex mirror system on the telescope:
http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bang...662435.ece
"I'm at that stage in life where I stay out of discussions. Even if you say 1+1=5, you're right - have fun." - Keanu Reeves
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for every one person that tries to do something here, there are at least 3 or 4 obstructionists in the way
Yes: those 3-4 obstructionists are throwing my resume in the circular file, then posting help wanted ads on the mainland.
Serves 'em right.
