06-22-2019, 07:53 PM
My personal opinion is that building some kind of cultural center by the VIS or at the summit won't make a jot of difference. It's not what the protesters want. And I agree with MarkP's comment. I've had over two decade's experience working on Mauna Kea and seeing cultural practices up there is rare and have never seen any at the TMT site. The ones that do occur tend to be associated with solstices and equinoxes and the astronomy community have gone out of their way to help make those possible. I very much doubt they happened before the road to the summit was built or before the astronomical community provided them accommodation and help to those who fell ill due to the altitude.