Kea Quotes

“Astronomical facilities are generally located in or near to the tropics.”
― Steven Magee

“How is my insanity working out for your toxic enterprise?”
― Steven Magee

“The police would be wise to purchase some home sleep study machines to monitor the health of their sea level adapted police officers assigned to the very high altitude mountain of Mauna Kea in Hawaii.”
― Steven Magee

“I gave a tour to a large group of young students and their teacher at the W. M. Keck Observatory. No one had oxygen administration equipment on. A few hours later I got a phone call stating that one of them had forgotten their backpack. ‘Summit Brain’ I thought. I located the backpack and was able to return it to them, as they were staying near to where I lived. I always wondered what their long term health outcomes were after experiencing ‘Summit Brain’.”
― Steven Magee

“Night shift work has the potential to slowly kill you!”
― Steven Magee

“At Mauna Kea Observatories, we would wear cold weather clothing as the telescopes were often below freezing and there would be ice on the floor.”
― Steven Magee

“I never took supplements atop the high altitude mountains, as the professional astronomy management teams never advised us to do so.”
― Steven Magee

“I took my parents and past girlfriend up to the very high altitude summit of Mauna Kea to visit the W. M. Keck Observatory. The plan was to spend a few hours at the summit, but after half an hour the females became sickly and we had to leave.”
― Steven Magee

“I have taken many people up to the very high altitude summit of Mauna Kea to visit the W. M. Keck Observatory. It is not something I would do today due to my extensive knowledge of High Altitude Diseases.”
― Steven Magee

“Humidity could be at 100% or near to zero, depending on the weather atop the very high altitude summit of Mauna Kea.”
― Steven Magee

“Mercury was in use at astronomical observatories I had worked at.”
― Steven Magee

“ALTItude and IDIOT are combined into ALTIDIOT to form a portmanteau word.”
― Steven Magee

“Had I known what I now know, I would never have pursued a career in professional astronomy.”
― Steven Magee

“It was a mistake to pursue a career in high altitude professional astronomy.”
― Steven Magee

“Professional astronomy is a biologically hazardous profession.”
― Steven Magee

“I have had the high altitude lobotomy.”
― Steven Magee

“I am the master of High Altitude Observatory Diseases.”
― Steven Magee

“I am well on my way to being known as one of the world’s leading ‘Altitude Sickness’ researchers.”
― Steven Magee

“I am allergic to high altitude professional astronomy.”
― Steven Magee

“Mauna Kea is in the process of revealing its dirty secrets.”
― Steven Magee

“The revelations of Mauna Kea are well underway.”
― Steven Magee

“You can engage in lie, confuse and deny, and I can engage in research, discovery and publish.”
― Steven Magee

“Professional astronomy is on law enforcement's RADAR.”
― Steven Magee

“It is time to publicly acknowledge the biological toxicity of the Mauna Kea Observatories and to demolish them.”
― Steven Magee

“My knowledge of your toxic enterprise requires me to shut you down.”
― Steven Magee

“If you harass me, I will research the frauds you are involved in.”
― Steven Magee

“I hunt corrupt professional astronomers with the gun of scientific discovery.”
― Steven Magee

“The second decade after first working atop the 13,797’ Mauna Kea is a very risky time in the life of professional astronomy workers.”
― Steven Magee

“Mauna Kea summit workers have an established history of health crashes during their second decade after they first worked atop the very high altitude mountain.”
― Steven Magee

“I consider working atop the biologically toxic summit of Mauna Kea to be far more dangerous than spending a year in Space.”
― Steven Magee