01-26-2019, 05:00 AM
Residents from the Hawaiian Homesteads of Keaukaha and Pana'ewa met Friday with representatives who propose an East Hawaii rocket launch facility. Officials included:
* Craig Campbell, the CEO of Alaska Aerospace Corporation
* Margaret “Peggy” Farias, the new president of W.H. Shipman
* Rodrigo Romo of the Hilo-based PISCES – the Pacific International Space Center for Exploration Systems.
The spaceport proposal found little support from the community assembled to hear the pitch in Pana'ewa. Project officials were chided for not bringing visual aids to illustrate the appearance of the spaceport, scolded for not learning more about the lands they seek to develop, and criticized for their non-disclosure agreements that can keep secret the names of the companies launching from their facility.
http://www.bigislandvideonews.com/2019/0...n-panaewa/
Link includes 30 minute video including "questions" from the audience. (as one audience member concluded her statement "if you can find a question in there, more power to you.)
The launch pads would be located "between Ha'ena Beach and Papa'i Bay." So not Ha'ena Beach or Shipman Beach, because the Shipmans have a home there, but probably closer to Papa'i Bay which is located straight east from Puainako Street in Hilo.
* Craig Campbell, the CEO of Alaska Aerospace Corporation
* Margaret “Peggy” Farias, the new president of W.H. Shipman
* Rodrigo Romo of the Hilo-based PISCES – the Pacific International Space Center for Exploration Systems.
The spaceport proposal found little support from the community assembled to hear the pitch in Pana'ewa. Project officials were chided for not bringing visual aids to illustrate the appearance of the spaceport, scolded for not learning more about the lands they seek to develop, and criticized for their non-disclosure agreements that can keep secret the names of the companies launching from their facility.
http://www.bigislandvideonews.com/2019/0...n-panaewa/
Link includes 30 minute video including "questions" from the audience. (as one audience member concluded her statement "if you can find a question in there, more power to you.)
The launch pads would be located "between Ha'ena Beach and Papa'i Bay." So not Ha'ena Beach or Shipman Beach, because the Shipmans have a home there, but probably closer to Papa'i Bay which is located straight east from Puainako Street in Hilo.
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