07-28-2019, 07:17 PM
Kaimana,
"Tomk- yeah because they don't want to telescopes to break down."
Many of the instruments on Mauna Kea require astronomers to be there to help maintain them, they are the experts on how the instruments work. The argument for only allowing access for technicians is weak and uninformed. And how on earth are the protesters going to know if someone going up to the summit is a technician or an astronomer? ID checks by the protesters? That would be utterly unacceptable.
"Tomk- yeah because they don't want to telescopes to break down."
Many of the instruments on Mauna Kea require astronomers to be there to help maintain them, they are the experts on how the instruments work. The argument for only allowing access for technicians is weak and uninformed. And how on earth are the protesters going to know if someone going up to the summit is a technician or an astronomer? ID checks by the protesters? That would be utterly unacceptable.