(03-05-2022, 06:49 AM)AaronM Wrote: No need for any more answers from you regarding TMT.
Your previous post said it all.
"Matsuda is pointing out the issues that will likely stop the TMT from being built and perhaps end astronomy on Mauna Kea.
They need to be addressed in some way and that is what Matsuda is trying to do, and those points are absolutely relevant to the future of astronomy in Hawaii whether you like it or not."
You have thrown yourself at the mercy of the mob in the hope that you can spare yourself from their pitchforks.
Best of luck with all that genuflecting...
Wow, what a strawman (I thought I was on your ignore list BTW).
The problem is that the TMT won't go ahead given two things, both of them are in the control of the state government. 1) Without the state enforcing laws, the TMT won't be built because construction will always be blocked by protesters. 2) The master lease for observatories on Mauna Kea ends in 2033. If the lease is not extended, all astronomy ends on Mauna Kea and will end well before 2033, because the observatories have to be decommissioned, removed, and the land restored to its original state by that date.
Add the complications of removing a subgroup of observatories by the time the TMT is operational, per the current agreement, with a bunch of people that want to remove all observatories which one or two politicians want to support because they think the native Hawaiian votes will help them, you can see the complicated mess we're all in.
But you imply you have the solution, so tell us what it is.