04-27-2015, 03:07 AM
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Originally posted by gypsy69
Little fire ants have the potential to hitch a ride in any vehicle up the mountain. Did anyone really check any of the bulldozers or earthmovers for fire ants before they were hauled to the summit? Where was this equipment and guys working just before the ground breaking of the 6.9 acres of maunakea? Yes a protector could have brought a few of these fireants, why are these protectors having to be their anyway?
As for my prior statement of Maunakea possibly becoming a silent killer, sorry to ruffle some feathers. See back in 1960 when these giant eyes in the sky were first being built they were backed financially by our military. We know where are enemy is on this planet by using these eyes in the sky. Of course technology is advancing rapidly, the Keck twin scopes couldn't be outdated yet could they?
Is it possible to see much on planet earth using this new tmt telescope, could they use mirrors or reflectors to see were missiles could be launched from?. Could Maunakea become a target in the future to disrupt computers, information, or other Intel?. Could our military want to use decommissioned telescopes in the future if they run out of said funding? I guess I am not sure of all the purposes this Godzilla telescope will be useful for, could other countries tie into and use this telescope from afar?. Canada and Japan seem to be on board but not willing to put this on one of their peaks, why not?. Hypertheticle here of course, could we put reflectors on the moon or space Hubble to follow back light to its original place it started? If so we could have proof to how the universe first came about, or have proof that Iran fired first into isreal, before we send our drones from the intel used on top of Maunakea to kill millions of iranians.
The "protectors" brought palm fronds and other vegetation to construct their shelters up there. LFAs love palms and are very easily spread by transporting vegetation from one part of the island to another, this is how the Hilo beach parks got infested, people brought greenery for decorating pavilions for celebrations and inadvertently spread the LFAs into our parks. Vehicles and equipment can spread LFAs, but hauling any vegetation up there is probably a very bad idea if you want to protect the native ecosystem.