A Silly Hawaiian Story

An Artist's conception of the Thirty Meter Telescope on Maunakea in Hawaii.
From:  Thirty Meter Telescope on Maunakea Gallery

And so it came to pass . . .

Some of the best scientific and academic minds of India, China, Canada and Japan got together with some of the best scientific and academic minds of top U.S. universities such as the California Institute of Technology and the University of California. $US 1.4 billion is available to them for a major scientific project.

They decided to build the Thirty Meter Telescope on Maunakea in Hawaii.

And the proponents of TMT said:  We’ll claim that what we want to do with the Thirty Meter Telescope is:

•  See “farther back in time to when the universe was just a baby” to find “’first light’ objects.”
•  Investigate how the first galaxies formed.
•  Figure out how dark matter helped shape the universe.
•  Test if every galaxy has its own supermassive black hole.
•  Search for an "Earth twin."
•  "It is very likely that the scientific impact of TMT will go far beyond what we envision today and TMT will enable discoveries that we cannot anticipate,"

However, what some of the best scientific and academic minds of India, China, Canada and Japan and some of the best scientific and academic minds of top U.S. universities such as the California Institute of Technology and the University of California REALLY want to do is to destroy the Native Hawaiian (Kanaka Maoli) religion and culture!

 (Some people actually think that one of goals of the TMT Corporation is to “dominate” “indigenous” people.)

References:

Thirty Meter Telescope Website - http://www.tmt.org/

5 ways the world's most controversial telescope could revolutionize astronomy - Business Insider website - 06/02/15 - http://www.businessinsider.com/how-tmt-could-revolutionize-astronomy-2015-6

Science vs. the Real World on Mauna Kea – Will Falk – Counter Punch Website – 07/21/15 http://www.counterpunch.org/2015/07/21/science-vs-the-real-world-on-mauna-kea/