Hot topic going around Hawai'i right now. The building of the worlds largest telescope atop sacred and conservation land on the summit of Mauna Kea. http://m.hawaiinewsnow.com/hawaiinewsnow/db_330510/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=7PaFXoqv Sorry I'm on mobile
Just amazing how a culture that purports to respect all cultures and religions takes every opportunity to trample on those very things to serve their ends. The Black Hills of ND comes to mind immediately. If the location is sacred, no telescope of any kind should be put there without permission of the culture that the land is sacred to. Its that simple.
Not only is it sacred land, it's conservation land. Development on conservation land is illegal, yet the state is still allowing this to happen. Corruption, money, and greed. Not to mention the environmental impact this will have on the island.
Let's be honest....you're the scientist and someone says to you Appalachia or Big Island where are you going?
Less "Light Pollution" in the higher altitudes of Hawaii makes them prime real estate for Telescopes. Makes Northern Alaska or Antartica good options doesn't it.