Letter: Compromise needed on Mauna Kea telescopes
Honolulu Star-Advertiser - 2024-05-06T10:05:00.000Z

I am all for new or improved research to be built on Mauna Kea. But I am opposed to not removing obsolete or unused telescopes just sitting there. If cost is the issue of removal, that is not the problem of Hawaiian people. There are 11 other countries with interest and equipment on the mountain, not just the United States.

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