07-24-2015, 02:31 AM
Oh, the irony.
Robotics competition venue change due to emergency restrictions:
http://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/news...nue-change
The Pacific International Space Center for Exploration Systems started the annual event last year at its "Planetary Analog" site in the Hai Wahine valley less than a mile from the Mauna Kea Visitor Information Station.
But due to new emergency rules put in place on the mountain in response to protests against the Thirty Meter Telescope, the Hilo-based aerospace agency wasn’t able to get a permit from the state Department of Land and Natural Resources for the site.
However, these same rules are also not being enforced:
http://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/news...-mauna-kea
More than a week after going into effect, the new emergency rules restricting access on Mauna Kea, which protesters of the Thirty Meter Telescope say unfairly target them, have yet to be enforced. ... "Enforcement may proceed at any time,"
Robotics competition venue change due to emergency restrictions:
http://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/news...nue-change
The Pacific International Space Center for Exploration Systems started the annual event last year at its "Planetary Analog" site in the Hai Wahine valley less than a mile from the Mauna Kea Visitor Information Station.
But due to new emergency rules put in place on the mountain in response to protests against the Thirty Meter Telescope, the Hilo-based aerospace agency wasn’t able to get a permit from the state Department of Land and Natural Resources for the site.
However, these same rules are also not being enforced:
http://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/news...-mauna-kea
More than a week after going into effect, the new emergency rules restricting access on Mauna Kea, which protesters of the Thirty Meter Telescope say unfairly target them, have yet to be enforced. ... "Enforcement may proceed at any time,"