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The Thirty Meter Telescope protests are a series of protests and demonstration that began on the Island of Hawaii in the United States with the choosing of Mauna Kea as the site location for the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) on the most sacred mountain of the Native Hawaiian people. Protests began locally within the state of Hawaii but went global within weeks after the arrest of nearly two dozen Indigenous peoples, aging between 27 to 75 years of age, who had blockaded the roadway to keep construction crews off the summit.

The TMT, a ground-based, large segmented mirror reflecting telescope is a response from scientists, answering a recommendation that a thirty meter telescope be the priority of scientists, suggesting it be built within the decade. Opposition to the project had begun shortly after the announcement of Mauna Kea as the site chosen out of a total of 5 proposals. Opposition against the observatories on Mauna kea have been ongoing since the first telescope was proposed in 1968 however, this protest may be the most vocal.

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References need to be double checked. Consistent application of the MOS Hawaii for general information and orthography. Expand the article to include section on social media aspect. More detail on blockade and current camp of protesters on Mauna Kea.--Mark Miller (talk) 06:51, 22 April 2015 (UTC)