Native Hawaiians vs Astronomers

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So far 35 people have been arrested on the big island many of them the communities elders. At this point the lack of consultation over the years is really built up to the point where I don't think any one single entity could come in and have the Native Hawaiian community sort of forget about the past. So that trust I think has been broken and it's something that even the 30 meter telescope can make happen.

Something strange is going on at the outer reaches of the solar system. One astronomer thinks it might be a Neptune-sized ninth planet, and he’s on a quest to find it.

That search is happening at an enormous telescope on the summit of Maunakea, a dormant Hawaiian volcano with a long astronomical and cultural history. But many Native Hawaiian scientists are asking: What’s lost in the pursuit of larger and larger telescopes?

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