TMT is the next Super Ferry, Honolulu Rail, Space Port, macadamia nut shells to graphite, eucalyptus for furniture export. Supporting TMT is like asking Ford to keep the Edsel production line open to get the last one off the line. Supporting TMT in Hawaii is like forcing the Hawaiian people to wear a dead albatross around their neck. TMT isn't needed anymore, it's obsolete before its even constructed. It's going to take 8 to 10 years just to construct, then 2 years of calibration. There isn't going to be any hiring during that time. Mauna Kea is an Ancestral Cultural Burial Ground area. Why don't white people realize that? The value of Hawaii is in being more Hawaii, not more like the mainland. Giant ground-based optical observatories are seeing their last days. Robotic Space Telescope Observatories are far superior with much more bandwidth. Launch costs are plummeting. Lockheed-Martin has a single layer telescope sensor panel for orbital telescope arrays. TMT in Hawaii is a burden.