05-21-2015, 05:50 AM
Great posts Opihikao. Thank you for the links of the speakers at the meeting in Laupahoehoe.
The work on the Tmt continues around the world, they have also hired on PR to help handle the escalating situation. Millions will continue to be spent to push this project through, as many countries stand to save billions over the next few decades if the project is completed atop Maunakea. Paul Coleman touched on this during his speech when he stated its easier and cheaper to drive up to the summit to work on or fix something on the TMT, than space telescopes( obviously ). Jmo, The penny in comparison donation for island education is a tax write off and a slap in the face to island keiki sacrificing some of their maunakea, rich history,and culture.
Hotpe, most east side big business hire locally like Walmart, target, and home depot ( real jobs). Also The largest donations currently given to the east side of the big island comes from the american government( tax payer money), not without a heavy dose of stigma attached. The Tmt donations as you call them are small in comparison to all that is at stake for the native people from hawaii, jmo.
P.S. I was under the assumption that the telescopes (time) atop maunakea could be used from other locations like the university. So when I mentioned kids from local area public schools having opportunities to use the now proposed decommissioned telescopes atop maunakea? I was visualizing kids in their classrooms or hilo university being able to study and learn from the telescopes from afar, not up on the mauna. My bad because its impossible to happen with the current state of the art computers in these public school classrooms and the science technology today, right?.
The work on the Tmt continues around the world, they have also hired on PR to help handle the escalating situation. Millions will continue to be spent to push this project through, as many countries stand to save billions over the next few decades if the project is completed atop Maunakea. Paul Coleman touched on this during his speech when he stated its easier and cheaper to drive up to the summit to work on or fix something on the TMT, than space telescopes( obviously ). Jmo, The penny in comparison donation for island education is a tax write off and a slap in the face to island keiki sacrificing some of their maunakea, rich history,and culture.
Hotpe, most east side big business hire locally like Walmart, target, and home depot ( real jobs). Also The largest donations currently given to the east side of the big island comes from the american government( tax payer money), not without a heavy dose of stigma attached. The Tmt donations as you call them are small in comparison to all that is at stake for the native people from hawaii, jmo.
P.S. I was under the assumption that the telescopes (time) atop maunakea could be used from other locations like the university. So when I mentioned kids from local area public schools having opportunities to use the now proposed decommissioned telescopes atop maunakea? I was visualizing kids in their classrooms or hilo university being able to study and learn from the telescopes from afar, not up on the mauna. My bad because its impossible to happen with the current state of the art computers in these public school classrooms and the science technology today, right?.