07-18-2019, 04:18 PM
This is an excellent article by Sky and Telescope reflecting the current state and feelings of the Maunakea Observatories' staff and the effect the road closure is having on us.
https://www.skyandtelescope.com/astronom...shuttered/
"“We stepped out of the way for the time being,” Rich Matsuda, chief of operations at the W. M. Keck Observatory, told Sky & Telescope."
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"Matsuda says that the ongoing tensions are painful for all involved. “Observatory workers have been part of the communities of this island for five decades,” he notes. “We have family members, good friends, people who we go to church with or clubs with, that have a wide range of perspectives. We’re very embedded into the community. Those conversations are happening at the family level....It’s very difficult.”"
https://www.skyandtelescope.com/astronom...shuttered/
"“We stepped out of the way for the time being,” Rich Matsuda, chief of operations at the W. M. Keck Observatory, told Sky & Telescope."
[...]
"Matsuda says that the ongoing tensions are painful for all involved. “Observatory workers have been part of the communities of this island for five decades,” he notes. “We have family members, good friends, people who we go to church with or clubs with, that have a wide range of perspectives. We’re very embedded into the community. Those conversations are happening at the family level....It’s very difficult.”"