732 Quotes About Tmt

There is a social responsibility for professionals to not take jobs on projects that have disrespected the indigenous population and their beliefs.

It is ironic that astronomy is the study of the heavens, but astronomers willfully fail to understand the Hawaiians beliefs regarding their heavens.

As a manager in professional astronomy, I was keeping daily records on the abnormal behavioral problems in the staff. When the senior management team became aware of the records, they instructed me to destroy them.

My observations of high altitude observatory workers is that they seem to have elevated levels of behavioral problems that eventually progresses into ill health, disease and premature death for some.

I was aware of many workers that were showing behavioral problems during my time in high altitude astronomy.

The initial signs of Magee’s Delayed Altitude Complications were a panic disorder followed a few years later with fatigue, confusion and forgetfulness.

Delayed complications from adverse environmental exposures is well known to the medical profession. It is documented for radiation, explosions, heavy metals, poisoning, electric shocks, head injuries, drugs, and we now appear to be adding high altitudes to the list.

I am aware of at least 4 professional astronomy workers that suffered health crashes approximately 14 years after their first exposure to the 13,797’ very high altitude summit of Mauna Kea. It killed two of them and the third almost died. I call this process ‘Magee’s Delayed Altitude Complications’.

I call Magee’s Delayed Altitude Complications ‘The Curse of Mauna Kea’.