732 Quotes About Tmt

The biologically toxic field of high altitude astronomy was the only employer that sent me on a ‘How to deal with unacceptable employee behavior’ management course.

When I worked at the Mauna Kea Observatories (MKO), I was aware of long term summit workers that were showing signs of irritability and aggressive behaviors. Similar problems began to show up in me a few years after I started working there.

The more that I research very high altitude astronomy, the more I feel the need to advise sea level adapted people to avoid it for health and safety reasons.

Working the astronomy night shift required sitting and staring at many computer screens for up to eighteen hours per night for several nights.

I am at one with the Hawaiian spirits of Mauna Kea.

The top three symptoms that I observed in high altitude workers were: 1. Forgetfulness & Confusion; 2. Irritability; 3. Fatigue & Apathy.

A person exhibiting confusion at high altitude will commonly forget to take oxygen to alleviate it.

Every observatory summit office that I was based in had no windows in high altitude astronomy. My workdays were spent bathing in artificial florescent light.

High altitude observatories are commonly constructed with few to no windows, meaning that their staff are typically natural light deprived during their work day.