![]() Despite stating a desire to heal the relationship with the community, the plans for construction are still projected to continue on following the delay, regardless of the concern of Indigenous peoples for the intrusion on and destruction of sacred land. The chief of staff of TMT cited the need to heal the relationship with the community and to recover from the delays caused by the pandemic the project also needed additional funding from the US government to proceed. In late 2021, the construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope on Mauna Kea was delayed for a couple of years. It is important to highlight that the official website’s timeline glosses over the reasonings behind the construction delays, stating in 2016 “new contested case hearing begins in Hawaii” and in 2019 simply citing “efforts to restart construction stall.” Although the TMT website does not detail the protests that occurred at the Mauna Kea construction site, they are well-known and well-documented from various news outlets. It instead only describes a temporary stand-down issued by the Governor of Hawai’i in 2015, and the selection of La Palma as an alternate site in 2016. The protests against the Thirty Meter Telescope in Hawai’i are not mentioned or included in the timeline provided by the TMT’s website. The founding of the TMT corporation happened in 2003, and in 2009, following approval from the State of Hawai’i Land Board the dormant volcano of Mauna Kea was chosen as the preferred site for the construction of the telescope. ![]() The Thirty Meter Telescope is a new class of extremely large telescopes that is expected to enable new scientific discoveries with its abilities to observe deeper into space. Hawaiian cultural practitioner Joshua Lanakila Mangauil and other protectors discuss their blockade of the road to Mauna Kea, part of protests of the Thirty Meter Telescope project, with Mayor Billy Kenoi, October 7, 2014. Photo Occupy Hilo, CC BY-SA 2.0
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