The Thirty Meter Telescope will do the following:

>> Help diversify Hawaii’s economy beyond tourism and the military into the clean, high-tech sector.

>> Provide $1 million per year for educational scholarships and internships for young Hawaiian students. It has already brought more than $5 million for those purposes, before construction has even begun.

>> Provide 300 good-paying union construction jobs for Hawaii locals for 10 years.

>> Provide 140 long-term, high-tech jobs for operations and maintenance.

>> Have no impact on the environment or cultural sites.

>> Expand our understanding of the amazing universe we all live in.

>> Continue Hawaii’s tradition of world-class learning, research, astronomy and science.

Build the TMT.

Mark Geary

Kailua-Kona

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