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David McClain

Statement from UH President David McClain on the selection of Mauna Kea as the site for the Thirty Meter Telescope

“I applaud the decision of the TMT Board to select Mauna Kea as the site for the Thirty Meter Telescope. This venture will expand humankind’s understanding of the cosmos and our origins, and – with the TMT leadership’s emphasis on a new paradigm of community engagement and respect for the indigenous culture of these islands – is appropriately located in Hawai‘i, the leading site in the world for astronomy.”