Construction Quote by Steven Magee

“I am committed to shutting down the toxic Mauna Kea Observatories and this is a serious problem for professional astronomers, given that I was…

— Steven Magee

“The development of the biologically toxic Mauna Kea Observatories (MKO) is the fruition of professional astronomers behaving badly.”

— Steven Magee

“Mauna Kea astronomers need to engage in a convenient ignorance regarding the biological toxicity of the observatories to obtain their tainted astronomical data.”

— Steven Magee

Like many astronomers who use the great telescopes on Mauna Kea, I have participated personally and joyfully in ceremonies to celebrate the profound cosmic…

— Sandra Faber

We want to see all demonstrations stopped.

— Hun Sen

When the mayor of Sao Paulo wanted to increase bus fare by 21 centavos in 2013, the country erupted in the largest mass protests…

— Franklin Foer

What are they doing, examining last month's costs with a microscope when they should be surveying the horizon with a telescope?

— Francis Arthur Freeth

“(LBT)—currently one of the world’s most advanced optical telescopes—where, among other”

— Cris Putnam

The 18,000 NASA employees are full of galactic talents and abilities and are ready to accomplish whatever they're directed to do.

— P. J. O'Rourke

Astronauts: space activists.

— Frank Borman

“From its earliest days, NASA had followed a policy of maximum, though prudent, disclosure. We had to do everything openly—and soon under intensive, live…

— Gene Kranz

The main accomplishment of almost all organized protests is to annoy people who are not in them.

— Dave Barry