Astronomy Quotes by Steven Magee

“I miss my invisible friend.”

— 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

“Are you an ‘Altidiot’?”

— 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

“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

“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 I managed the world’s largest telescopes atop Mauna Kea, I never knew that I would end up campaigning for their closure.”

— Steven Magee

“Had I been educated by my employers as to how hazardous mercury filled spectral lamps were, I would never have taken an…

— Steven Magee

“For excellent health and a good skin color, I recommend that people sit next to a shady ultraviolet transmitting window when indoors.”

— Steven Magee

“I was never aware of any professional astronomy summit worker that had received formal industry recognized training in the safe handling of…

— Steven Magee

“I was always mystified why I never saw any cases of HAPE and HACE in very high altitude workers.”

— Steven Magee

“I am not going to apologize for scientific discovery that prevents the construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) atop Mauna Kea.”

— Steven Magee

“One of the strangest experiences I had in life was watching my professional astronomy girlfriend turn into a lesbian.”

— Steven Magee

“The only difference between a very high altitude worker and a radiation worker is that there is a government compensation program in…

— Steven Magee

“In high altitude astronomical facilities we routinely discharged large amounts of nitrogen gas into closed spaces. We were never informed by the…

— Steven Magee

“Very high altitude extreme night shift work is a class 2A carcinogen that may result in lifelong disabling sleep disorders, high cholesterol,…

— Steven Magee

“Snow cleaning of the world's largest telescope mirrors was an impressive sight. The optics technicians would climb into a huge telescopic boom…

— Steven Magee

“At the age of 45, most days in Tucson were spent feeling like I was on the summit of Mauna Kea, as…

— Steven Magee

“I have memories from my time in high altitude astronomy of being euphoric and giddy after discharging large amounts of industrial gas…

— Steven Magee

“One of my astronomy managers used to tell me that liquid nitrogen was harmless and was just liquid air. He would pour…

— Steven Magee

“I noticed that I developed excessive daytime sleepiness after I started working extreme night shifts on the very high altitude summit of…

— Steven Magee

“The field of astronomy is biologically toxic in many areas and may result in heavy metals poisoning, industrial gas injuries, chemical poisoning,…

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

— 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

“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

“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

“High altitude professional astronomy is a hypoxic job.”

— Steven Magee