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Nature 410, 1015 (26 April 2001) | doi:10.1038/35074270

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Astronomers bargain for use of 'sacred' site

See associated Correspondence: Ho, Nature 411, 737 - 738 (June 2001)

Tony Reichhardt

Construction of a NASA-funded telescope array on Mauna Kea in Hawaii has been held up by wrangling between astronomers and Hawaiians over the use of the sacred mountain, already home to some of the world's most powerful telescopes.The delay to the $50 million Keck Interferometer — now stretching into its seventh month — is being watched closely by astronomers, who fear that one of their premier viewing sites is becoming increasingly mired in Hawaii's cultural politics.