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Cyber Attack on Island of Telescopes
Not only is Hawaii a sort of paradise, it’s also what seems to be a native and comfortable habitat for larger telescopes. Since Hawaii is much further away from any light and has minimal air pollution, it’s a perfect spot to look up at the night sky. Right on the island of Mauna Kea lives thirteen different telescopes, including the coming TMT or Thirty Meter Telescope. It will become an island of telescopes if it hasn’t already. This telescope is already looked at as the most advanced ground-based optical, as well as having near infrared and mid-infrared capabilities. Such a thing is causing protest despite it not even being built yet.
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The placement of the TMT was chosen specifically because of its distance from anything of cultural significance, keeping the telescope in an area where there is nothing that is endangered and the giant scope can do no harm. [http://www.hawaiibusiness.com/thirty-meter-telescope-could-boost-hawaii-islands-economy/]
Yet the protests continue. The people of Mauna Kea do not want just an island of telescopes. It’s not about typing out anger online anymore; the protests have taken on a certain art form. There has been poetry written about this disagreement, dances and even visuals pertaining to this protest. The people of Mauna Kea will continue with their mele aloha ‘aina, or protest songs expressing deep love for the land. Yet, the people of Mauna Kea have also used the cyber attack as a new form of protest.
The Thirty Meter Telescope will take roughly eight to ten years to build and construct. Who is to say that these protests will go on for that long against an island of telescopes. The TMT organization seems firm as to where to place the telescope, but that doesn’t mean the people of Mauna Kea aren’t as firm either.
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