http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/04/science/hawaii-thirty-meter-telescope-mauna-kea.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fus&action=click&contentCollection=us®ion=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=10&pgtype=sectionfront&_r=0
In Mauna Kea, Hawaii ground was going to broken for the largest telescope in the Northern Hemisphere until a man interrupts the ceremony, in efforts to keep the large establishment from being built. The supporters of this telescope see it as an opportunity to see the cores of ancient with a much sharper eye than even the Hubble telescope. Many Hawaiians see this as an 18 story building added to the existing 13 telescopes to their sacred landscape.
This article was published by Dennis Overbye on October 3, 2016. The author seemed to be on the side of the Hawaiians based on the way he described what is happening to them. The purpose of this article was probably to inform the reader so they can take their own side.What is interesting is how both sides have very valid points. The telescope could allow many more discoveries and the Hawaiians have been on this land long before any of the astronomers.The synthesis to american history is when the colonists were expanding and taking the Native Americans' land. Similarly the astronomers are taking the ground that has been sacred to the Hawaiians for so long.
I agree with you- both sides do have very valid points. The telescope would be great for science but bad for the landscape.
ReplyDeleteI agree as well. Both sides seem to be valid. It's a matter of choosing to preserve the Hawaiian land and find somewhere else to use the telescope or to potentially destroy the sacred ground.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you as well, but 13 telescopes already? It sounds like those telescopes are not really helping anyone. Although I'm sure it's hard to just take down a telescope and build a whole new one, wouldn't that be a lot better, I wonder?
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It's hard to draw the line on how far to go for science, similar to how animal testing is a controversial topic. This is interesting to hear about, and it really makes me question the things we've sacrificed for science.
ReplyDeleteIt's crazy how this is even an issue. The hawaiians were there and have been there for a very long time. It's their land and if they don't want to allow the astronomers on their land then they should be bale to say no.
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