02-24-2011, 06:21 AM
The TMT will be an enormous boost to the Big Island in terms of economics, education, pride, scientific standing, and the overall advancement of mankind. TMT funded scholarships will advance the education of many Big Island students, quite a few of whom will be Native Hawaiians whose ancestors used astronomy to get here. I find it entirely fitting that those scholars will someday guide humanity to yet more places to explore. While I find some of the objections sincere and well thought out, others seem of a Luddite or "obstruction gives me power" nature. The whole world needs the TMT, and we need it here.