Altitude Quote by Steven Magee

“As I watched my mental and physical health rapidly decline during a decade of working in high altitude professional astronomy, I became suspicious about…

— Steven Magee

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

— Steven Magee

“It was through researching my disabling sickness that I concluded professional astronomers are a toxic group of people.”

— Steven Magee

“When I became aware of the extensive health and safety issues in professional astronomy, I was legally required to alert the unsuspecting workers of…

— Steven Magee

“With the benefit of hindsight, the biggest mistake that I made in life was working in the toxic field of high altitude astronomy.”

— Steven Magee

Astronomy is not the apex of science or of invention. But it is a test of the cast of temperament and mind that underlies…

— Jacob Bronowski

“Astronomy is, not without reason, regarded, by mankind, as the sublimest of the natural sciences. Its objects so frequently visible, and therefore familiar, being…

— Benjamin Silliman

“When I worked in professional high and very high altitude astronomy, I was completely clueless to what the long term biological hazards of the…

— Steven Magee

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

— Steven Magee

“I made the mistake of working at the world's largest telescopes and now show classic health degradation that is associated with that biologically toxic…

— Steven Magee

“It is possible that a man who was mentally and physically sickened by professional astronomers may end up being one of the world’s greatest…

— Steven Magee

“The future of the next generation relies on astronomers obtaining a full understanding of the rapidly changing human environmental conditions and the halting of…

— Steven Magee