Hawaii vows to proceed with controversial telescope project despite protests. More here:
- Protesters led by a group of native Hawaiian elders delayed the start of construction on Wednesday for a giant new telescope atop Hawaii’s tallest mountain, but state officials began making arrests and vowed the project would ultimately proceed.
Astronomers consider the Mauna Kea summit, already dotted with telescopes, one of the world’s best places for viewing the cosmos. Native Hawaiians say the project will disturb holy ground crucial to their connection with ancestors and the heavens. A few hundred activists have participated in the protests led by a group of Native Hawaiian elders, or kupuna, according to media reports.
Construction crews had planned to begin moving heavy equipment up the access road on Wednesday to break ground on the site of the Thirty Meter Telescope , expected to be one of the world’s most advanced.
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