in the world due to public outrage it will upset their ancestor's gods.
The 18-storey, $1.4 bn (£957m) Thirty-Meter Telescope (TMT) project was proposed by the University of Hawaii and is projected to be operational by 2024. Funding for the project has reportedly come from the US, Canada, Japan, India and China. The telescope would let scientists see 13 billion light-years away.
Astrophysicists behind the project, like Hawaiian Paul Cole, say science and the sacred don't have to oppose one another.
"The one thing that makes you Hawaiian is one of your ancestors came here in a canoe led by an astronomer," he told HawaiiNewsNow.
This week the governor of Hawaii temporarily halted construction on the telescope, saying it was "a time out" and a chance for both sides to talk.
Mauna Kea defenders protest against 18-storey high telescope - BBC News
The 18-storey, $1.4 bn (£957m) Thirty-Meter Telescope (TMT) project was proposed by the University of Hawaii and is projected to be operational by 2024. Funding for the project has reportedly come from the US, Canada, Japan, India and China. The telescope would let scientists see 13 billion light-years away.
Astrophysicists behind the project, like Hawaiian Paul Cole, say science and the sacred don't have to oppose one another.
"The one thing that makes you Hawaiian is one of your ancestors came here in a canoe led by an astronomer," he told HawaiiNewsNow.
This week the governor of Hawaii temporarily halted construction on the telescope, saying it was "a time out" and a chance for both sides to talk.
Mauna Kea defenders protest against 18-storey high telescope - BBC News
