11-09-2017, 03:39 AM
Assume TMT is not built, and the asteroid is not diverted...
I assume if the TMT is built, and if an asteroid is spotted and diverted, gypsy will be among the first to fly from Maryland to Hawaii, rent a car at Kona airport, drive up to the summit of Mauna Kea, and say a simple, ancient prayer of gratitude and thanks to something constructed by human hands, nestled in the northern plateau of the summit. Even gypsy might recognize that as a substantial gift to the keiki of Hawaii, and the keiki of the world. Even his own keiki,
“Facts fall from the poetic observer as ripe seeds.” -Henry Thoreau
I assume if the TMT is built, and if an asteroid is spotted and diverted, gypsy will be among the first to fly from Maryland to Hawaii, rent a car at Kona airport, drive up to the summit of Mauna Kea, and say a simple, ancient prayer of gratitude and thanks to something constructed by human hands, nestled in the northern plateau of the summit. Even gypsy might recognize that as a substantial gift to the keiki of Hawaii, and the keiki of the world. Even his own keiki,
“Facts fall from the poetic observer as ripe seeds.” -Henry Thoreau
“We do this thing not because it is easy, but because we thought it would be easy.”