TMT - Contested Case Hearing Status - Hilo

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The astronomy's subdivision atop Mauna Kea is now the astronomy capital of the world and the TMT project would only be expanding this subdivision of telescopes. jmo

Interesting short video of the TMT's site visit here. The red balloons height in the video shows just how massive this TMT telescope would actually be.

http://www.bigislandvideonews.com/2016/0...sted-case/

I am concerned that The Tmt project may block views of Maui or portions of the sky from some areas of the summit region. The TMT project being built on the northern plateau may also replace needed or sought after feelings of solitude, peace, and calmness with large noisy air conditioners and tourism related traffic. I am really disgusted that native Hawaiians and the once endangered flightless Wekiu bug are being pushed away from their current home of Mauna Kea and Hawaii so that astronomers can continue to use Mauna Kea's precious resources in search of new planets, patents, lights, fame and fortune. jmo