Hawaii Supreme Court upholds permit for giant telescope

[TexasTowelie]

HONOLULU -- Hawaii's Supreme Court upheld a decision to grant a construction permit for an embattled, international giant telescope project planned for a mountain Native Hawaiians consider sacred.

The court ruling Tuesday is a victory for the contentious Thirty Meter Telescope planned for Hawaii's tallest mountain, Mauna Kea. Opponents say the telescope will desecrate sacred land on the Big Island. Supporters say it will bring educational and economic opportunities to the state.

Opponents and supporters have been awaiting the ruling because it was expected to help determine whether the project is built in Hawaii or moves to a backup location in Spain's Canary Islands that's less desirable to scientists hoping to use the instrument for groundbreaking discoveries.

Plans for the project date to 2009, when scientists selected Mauna Kea after a five-year, around-the-world campaign to find the ideal site for what telescope officials said "will likely revolutionize our understanding of the universe."

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[ZZenith]

1. Not sure how to feel about this.

Both sides have reason.

[suston96]

2. If we build it.........

.....they will come.

No foolin.....let them build it and eventually, someone or something will visit us.

[wroberts189]

3. I would like to see it made.

It would help science and the world. It would help the state and its ever eternal shortage of revenue and increasing bus fares. Housing and homeless issues. A small boost mostly in tourism perhaps ..but something.

Bigger would MJ legalization. In a state that is dominated by Dems... with my votes... along with native Hawaiin votes . Most of whom I talk to do not care so about the telescope but do dislike the rail..which I also support. I believe they will like it if its ever finished. It will be one hell of a scenic ride and slice through that never ending traffic jam up in mornings and evenings.. (well at least until the ocean rolls in in 60 years) Gov. Ige supports it ..but does not support mj legalization. I think that will change soon...Hawaii mj could be a an export to Canada ..create jobs and revenue. Who has not heard of Maui wowie ? What do we have now pineapples and tourism?

Just my 2 cents.