Astronomy Quotes by Steven Magee

“Are you an ‘Altidiot’?”

— Steven Magee

“Time's up on very high altitude astronomy.”

— Steven Magee

“I have spent time with infinity.”

— Steven Magee

“Lots of wrongs eventually makes it right!”

— Steven Magee

“I miss my invisible friend.”

— Steven Magee

“High altitude professional astronomy is a hypoxic job.”

— Steven Magee

“Mauna Kea Sickness (MKS) was a mystery that needed to be solved.”

— Steven Magee

“Auroras are so dim they cannot be seen during the daytime.”

— Steven Magee

“Staring at the blue sky causes insomnia to occur in the human.”

— Steven Magee

“ALTItude and IDIOT are combined into ALTIDIOT to form a portmanteau word.”

— Steven Magee

“Wearing a protest T-shirt is the easiest form of protesting.”

— Steven Magee

“Industrial gas is biologically harmful and is poorly regulated in the workplace.”

— Steven Magee

“My employer never told me about Shift Work Disorder.”

— Steven Magee

“Astronomy staff that routinely discharged industrial gas into the indoor environment at high altitudes did not wear oxygen deficiency monitors or protective…

— Steven Magee

“Some professional astronomy telescopes are associated with unusual illnesses and deaths in their workers.”

— Steven Magee

“Very high altitude workers were using medical oxygen to treat numerous health conditions that included fatigue, confusion, headaches, feeling faint and digestive…

— Steven Magee

“There is a lot of willful incompetence in high altitude astronomy that is in the process of coming to light.”

— Steven Magee

“I spent a decade of my life mal-acclimatizing to high altitude mountains in professional astronomy and now I am disabled with a…

— Steven Magee

“During my time in high altitude astronomy, I routinely witnessed workers breathing medical oxygen, industrial carbon dioxide, nitrogen and helium gas as…

— Steven Magee

“Outdoor sunlight avoidance for several months is recommended after receiving abnormally high radiation exposures.”

— Steven Magee

“High altitude astronomy is a strange world of oxygen starvation, sleep deprivation and radiation sickness.”

— Steven Magee

“I am wondering why the known biologically toxic 1.4 billion dollar Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) atop Mauna Kea has not been shut…

— Steven Magee

“The toxicity of medical and industrial gas to the human depends on where it is used. A gas that is regarded as…

— Steven Magee

“My memories of my time in high altitude astronomy indicate that there were no oxygen concentration monitors or alarms in the areas…

— Steven Magee

“At the W.M. Keck Observatory on the very high altitude summit of Mauna Kea, there was no routine monitoring of mental functioning,…

— Steven Magee

“The most deformed AC voltage sine wave that I have seen in my career was at a high altitude astronomical observatory where…

— Steven Magee

“All high altitude workers have a right to be fully informed about the complete range of environmental toxins that they are being…

— Steven Magee

“My interest in astronomy took me to the premier astronomical observatories in the world before I developed occupational diseases and became disabled…

— Steven Magee

“When discharging industrial gas into the indoor environment in high altitude astronomy, we never wore protective breathing respirators that fed us oxygenated…

— Steven Magee

“When the National Optical Astronomy Observatory (NOAO) found out that Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) were going to visit the site…

— Steven Magee

“I never thought about a job in astronomy until I saw a job advert advertising one. It was in the Canary Islands,…

— Steven Magee

“The following information really should be placed on all very high altitude job adverts and company contracts: WARNING – Very high altitude…

— Steven Magee

“When I worked in high altitude astronomy, the worst sickness that I experienced was not at the 13,796 feet very high altitude…

— Steven Magee

“I started to see a serious decline in health in high altitude professional astronomy. Most noticeable was the onset of constant fatigue,…

— Steven Magee

“It was common to drink from plastic bottles and cans in high altitude astronomy.”

— Steven Magee

“The oldest computer hardware I worked on was in professional astronomy.”

— Steven Magee

“When you know the government is corrupt at the outset, the smart avoid interacting with them.”

— Steven Magee

“I will use science to shut down the Thirty Meter Telescope on Mauna Kea.”

— Steven Magee

“Full spectrum lights should be used in all daytime offices for good health.”

— Steven Magee

“Very high altitude astronomy only works by ignoring established biological science”

— Steven Magee