284 Quotes About Astronomical
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Over-the-counter drug abuse or addiction was a problem that I observed at Mauna Kea
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Your time is the most precious thing in this world.
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I have an issue with donating to USA hospitals that have a history of bankrupting their poor patients with astronomical medical bills.
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It would appear that the blue sky is actually produced by the solar wind and solar radiation exciting air molecules to emit light, just like a neon lamp!
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A few years after working on Mauna Kea, I discovered that I had radiation sickness
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The astronomical community need to start acknowledging jet aircraft contrails to be the problem that they really are!
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I have a thirst for revolution.
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Snow cleaning of the world's largest telescope mirrors was an impressive sight. The optics technicians would climb into a huge telescopic boom lift and spray immense clouds of cold carbon dioxide snow and gas onto the ten meter diameter mirrors high above the floor indoors. It would cause some of the accumulated dirt to magically fall off, leaving it less dirty.
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At the W.M. Keck Observatory on the very high altitude summit of Mauna Kea, there was no routine monitoring of mental functioning, blood oxygen levels, blood pressure or heart rate of workers.
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