TMT - Contested Case Hearing Status - Hilo

[HereOnThePrimalEdge]

Astronomers could learn a thing or two from good folks like Mr Hansen. For example, they could learn what kinds of life to look for or how to best find this possible life on other planets

That's an excellent suggestion gypsy. From all reports Mars could be quite similar to Mauna Kea or Mauna Loa where they're conducting Martian habitation experiments at HI-SEAS. Perhaps Mars still harbors some simple life forms such as lichen deep within the more protected lava tubes of the planet.

I wonder if this concept of one person or group listening and then learning from another could be applied elsewhere? For instance, I notice at the TMT Contested Case hearings many questions are repeated, even though they've been asked dozens of times already. Are the questioners listening, paying attention to the proceedings as they sit in the courtroom? Are they learning from the questions of their cohorts, absorbing the new-found knowledge, then asking their own original questions in order to advance an understanding of the TMT project for everyone in the room, and those watching on line?

"Only fear real things, such as minds full of delusions." -Last Aphorisms