Spin Launch goes around in circles with Ka'u

[TomK]

To be honest, I doubt that SpinLaunch would have hired more than one or two folks from Ka`u as security guards...

Well, that's not the experience of the astronomical observatories in Hawaii which are probably the closest thing to a project like SpinLaunch. Firstly, you are going to need a significant construction crew to build the site and it makes little sense to bring in the majority of that workforce from the mainland. Secondly, the observatories are typically employed by about 50% of local staff, although admittedly not many are from Ka'u, although many live a long way from Hilo or Mauna Kea on this island.


Once the facility is operational, you need engineers, technicians, admin staff, as well as all the ancillary staff, needed to run a large project and it's inefficient, inconvenient, and expensive to hire people from the mainland and there is local talent coming out of Hawaii colleges and universities, I see them all the time, so why wouldn't you hire those people? If they don't get those opportunities, then yes, they'll leave the islands.