This is an interesting point. It can work out the other way. The Thirty Meter Telescope, a very large segmented mirror optical telescope, is being built on to

This is an interesting point. It can work out the other way. The Thirty Meter Telescope, a very large segmented mirror optical telescope, is being built on top of Mauna Kea in Hawaii. Construction is being protested by activists for desecrating the mountain: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirty_Meter_Telescope_protests https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirty_Meter_Telescope_protest... and a pretty good listicle here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/04/13/hawaii-telescope-protests-tmt-mauna-kea_n_7044164.html http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/04/13/hawaii-telescope-pr...