33 Quotes About Altitude

Extreme night shift work in high altitude astronomy is easily avoidable by using a split night shift where the first night shift starts before sunset and finishes at midnight and the second night shift starts with a new fresh person working through to after sunrise. Steven Magee

The altitude of any relation is possible through discourse. Unarine Ramaru

During my time in high altitude astronomy, I routinely witnessed workers breathing medical oxygen, industrial carbon dioxide, nitrogen and helium gas as part of their daily work routine. Steven Magee

At the W.M. Keck Observatory on the very high altitude summit of Mauna Kea, there was no routine monitoring of mental functioning, blood oxygen levels, blood pressure or heart rate of workers. Steven Magee

The summit of Mauna Kea should never have been developed as it is not safe for humans up there. I am now locked into an endless loop of doctors visits for what appears to be classic very high altitude heart, lung & brain damage because I was unfortunate enough to have worked there. Steven Magee

The amount of people I met that had heart problems surprised me in high altitude astronomy. I had not seen it in other fields. After a decade of working at high altitudes, I was also diagnosed with a heart problem. Steven Magee

High altitude astronomy is a strange world of oxygen starvation, sleep deprivation and radiation sickness. Steven Magee

We are the sum total of our choices. Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha

There is a lot of willful incompetence in high altitude astronomy that is in the process of coming to light. Steven Magee

Never trust a high altitude astronomer. Steven Magee

The toxicity of medical and industrial gas to the human depends on where it is used. A gas that is regarded as safe in a well ventilated environment at sea level may be a toxic gas in an indoor environment at high altitude. Steven Magee

For the purpose of human health, it appears that it is wise to work and live below 4, 900 feet. Steven Magee

One of the biggest lies that is currently being told in the USA workplace is on the legally required OSHA poster: All workers have the right to a safe workplace. Steven Magee

When I saw how many people were objecting to the construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope atop Mauna Kea, I realized that there needed to be an open and honest discussion about the toxicity of the 13, 796 feet very high altitude summit and the health and safety issues of astronomical observatories. Steven Magee

When I worked in high altitude astronomy, the worst sickness that I experienced was not at the 13, 796 feet very high altitude summit of Mauna Kea Observatory (MKO) in Hawaii, it was at Kitt Peak National Observatory (KPNO) in Arizona at the much lower altitude of 6, 875 feet. Due to my very high altitude experiences, I knew that this strange sickness was not primarily caused by altitude sickness and was most likely Sick Building Syndrome (SBS). After reporting various behavioral problems in all of the staff to the management team, my contract was not renewed, I was unable to legally protect the health and safety of the workers that I was responsible for, troubleshooting of this environmental problem stopped and I left in a sickened state for my next position before I could find the root cause. Steven Magee

Very high altitude observatories are a known worker health hazard. Steven Magee

Thanks to President Obama, I am able to get medical treatment in the USA for the long term effects of very high altitude sickness and unnatural electromagnetic radiation exposures. Steven Magee

The lasting physical and mental health effects of long term very high altitude exposure appear to be remarkably similar to daily heavy smoking. Steven Magee

I have been through the OSHA system twice and I can confirm that I did not have the right to a safe workplace or whistle-blower protection on either occasion. Steven Magee

A sincere attitude of gratitude is a beatitude for secured altitudes. Appreciate what you have been given and you will be promoted higher. Israelmore Ayivor

Attitude with gratitude supported by fortitude will take you to the next altitude! Bayode Ojo

Gratitude is an excellent attitude which can lift you to a greater altitude if you put it on as a vesture. S. E. EntsuaMensah

Everything seems so small, so trivial, when you're on the right altitude. Joyce Rachelle

A healthy person that uses medical oxygen to perform their job on a daily basis should expect to eventually become a sick person. Steven Magee

Industrial liquid gas containers were left open and venting gas into the indoor environment in high altitude astronomy. On reflection, I realized that I routinely observed mental and physical effects that match those of a low oxygen environment in staff that I supervised. Steven Magee

When I worked in astronomy, I routinely observed young college and university students working with liquid nitrogen and breathing nitrogen gas as they discharged it into the indoor environment at high altitude. Steven Magee

Astronomy staff that routinely discharged industrial gas into the indoor environment at high altitudes did not wear oxygen deficiency monitors or protective breathing respirators. Steven Magee

The scandal with the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) atop Mauna Kea is how it managed to obtain a construction permit to build a manned telescope in a known biologically toxic environment to workers. How many more people need to die, get injured or develop long term very high altitude sickness that will last a lifetime? Steven Magee

The velocities and forces involved in anything at orbital altitudes were enough to kill a human with just the rounding error. At their speeds, the friction from air too thin to breathe would set them on fire. James S.A. Corey

Very high altitude astronomy only works by ignoring established biological science Steven Magee