Pacific Spaceport in Keaau?

[MarkP]

What DHHL communities suffer from most is a failure to engage the wider world productively, primarily due to poor education, poor economy, and lack of jobs. It almost seems like some people WANT it that way.

[MarkP]

"Can't imagine rockets being low impact"....

Has anybody tallied up the cost of 4th of July and New Year fireworks mayhem? Eye injuries, fingers being blown off, military vets getting PTSD, pets traumatized, thousands of people with asthma suffering, rampant noise, air, and water pollution, tons of fireworks debris washed (or is purposely swept) into storm drains....

Yeah, a monthly launch of a satellite by one of the most regulated industries on earth is intolerable while the above mayhem is sacred.

[HereOnThePrimalEdge]

Has anybody tallied up the cost of 4th of July and New Year fireworks mayhem?

Launching projectiles, which burn so much flammable gunpowder, paper and cardboard, in the middle of residential neighborhoods, that air quality alerts need to be issued is all a part of acceptable cultural heritage celebrations.

But not a satellite which might facilitate or support the transmission of radio, streaming, GPS, TV, or social media information between “Activists.”

“Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.” - Mark Twain

[jrw]

Some of you people on here just make me laugh You say you would support building somewhere else but not in you back yard. > I dont know why you dont just say I dont what anything build I have my retirement and. I dont want anything build here that will give are young a chance to make a decent living so they can stay in Hawaii.

jrw

[SBH]

Finding the best site location is step A on the to do list. This is just a conversation on the pros and cons of a rocket launch site in Keaau.

I have only questioned whether or not this is the best site location out of our 4000 square miles of Hawaii island and the proposed launch site wouldn’t be in my backyard but almost ten miles away.

[PaulW]

People attack self-driving cars. Some of us are afraid of change.

[snorkle]

Did you snowflakes move here expecting uninhibited development?

Screw the culture ?

Screw the environment ?

Help our unemployed astrophysicists ?


Maybe Hawaii isn't a good fit for some of you.

[HereOnThePrimalEdge]

Screw the culture ?
Screw the environment ?

Screws? They’re far too innovative and technological for me. I prefer to lash and tie things into a state of degradation with woven strips from coconut fronds.

[kalakoa]

Did you snowflakes move here expecting uninhibited development?

Not "uninhibited", but "more than zero", with a focus towards "enough services" and maybe some "economic diversification".

Also, if the plan is "no growth", then let's make that a formal position statement instead of forcing all development to die death by a thousand cuts. There's all this language in the codes that suggests development is possible -- if it's not, we can simplify the codes and save some tax dollars.

[Obie]

This is Rudderman's take:

“I know few details about it at this point. But generally, all previous proposals for a ‘spaceport’ and rocket-launch facilities have died of their own stupidity. This is not the place for such, because we have a delicate environment, and our state is already populated!

Once again, someone is asking Hawaii to embrace a technology that does not even exist! Someone wants us to be the suckers, er, I mean guinea pigs, for an unproven, unsafe project."

Does he understand we have pretty much figured out space flight ??
I guess he wants to put it in a state that's not populated.Where is that ??