05-24-2019, 06:07 PM
A couple of articles/letters some might be interested in reading:
1) https://www.civilbeat.org/2019/05/thirty...is-future/
As usual, those against the project who have commented have just got things wrong with at least one of them arguing about the cost. There is no cost to Hawaii.
2) https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/201...-may-24-5/
A bizarre letter in support of the TMT. One or two things are correct but the rest is nonsense, e.g.,
"Earth’s first starship will depart within the lifetime of most people reading this. The physical principles for a functional warp-drive are now understood. No, it does not go faster than the speed of light, like Hollywood. It does not need to."
The support is appreciated but I think someone has been watching too much Star Trek.
"Interstellar navigation software will become useless. What is required is a discipline of using the depths of the human mind to manage the countless subtle nuances of the deep to maintain knowledge of one’s position. Such a discipline exists and has been nurtured for thousands of years in Polynesian navigation culture. Here, in Hawaii. By Native Hawaiians."
I'm struggling to understand what the author thinks here. Native Hawaiians are experts in interstellar navigation?
1) https://www.civilbeat.org/2019/05/thirty...is-future/
As usual, those against the project who have commented have just got things wrong with at least one of them arguing about the cost. There is no cost to Hawaii.
2) https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/201...-may-24-5/
A bizarre letter in support of the TMT. One or two things are correct but the rest is nonsense, e.g.,
"Earth’s first starship will depart within the lifetime of most people reading this. The physical principles for a functional warp-drive are now understood. No, it does not go faster than the speed of light, like Hollywood. It does not need to."
The support is appreciated but I think someone has been watching too much Star Trek.
"Interstellar navigation software will become useless. What is required is a discipline of using the depths of the human mind to manage the countless subtle nuances of the deep to maintain knowledge of one’s position. Such a discipline exists and has been nurtured for thousands of years in Polynesian navigation culture. Here, in Hawaii. By Native Hawaiians."
I'm struggling to understand what the author thinks here. Native Hawaiians are experts in interstellar navigation?