Should the Thirty Meter Telescope Be Built?
Season 2015 Episode 15 | 56m 48s | Video has closed captioning.
Construction of a Thirty Meter Telescope on Mauna Kea has been brought to a temporary halt as protests over building the 18-story high telescope stretch across the globe. Plans to build the $1.4 billion telescope have been seven years in the making, but opposition only gained momentum recently amid growing concern over further astronomy-related development on land Native Hawaiians consider sacred.
Aired: 04/30/15
