NASA faces legal challenge over Hawaiian telescope plan
- Author:
- Reichhardt, Tony
- Title:
- NASA faces legal challenge over Hawaiian telescope plan
- Periodical:
- Nature
- Year:
- 2002
- Volume:
- 417
- Pages:
- 5
- Subject:
- Outrigger Telescope Project National Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA) Telescopes Mauna Kea controversy
- Summary:
- This document describes a lawsuit that was filed by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, (OHA), who sued the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, (NASA), over plans to upgrade the twin Keck Telescopes atop Mauna Kea on the island of Hawaii. In the lawsuit, OHA demanded that NASA complete a full Environmental Impact Statement before building four to six small "outrigger" telescopes that would improve Keck's ability to reveal planetary systems around distant stars.
- Label:
- Mauna Kea - Astronomy
- Date:
- May 2, 2002
- Collection:
- Periodicals