At Kuiper's urging, the Hawaiian government built a road to Mauna Kea's summit in 1963. Kuiper himself established a temporary observation station on the peak in that same year and soon set up the mountain's first 31-centimeter telescope.
在庫依柏教授的奔走下，夏威夷政府在 1963 年開通了毛納基峰山頂的道路；同年庫依柏教授在山頂上設置臨時觀測站，並架設首座直徑 31 公分的天文望遠鏡。