Kaua’i Landfill Expansion Is Finally Approved by BLNR When Hurricane ‘Iniki hit Kaua’i last September, it generated in one day the amount of refuse that ordinarily the county would take four years to accumulate. Had the county’s planned expansion of … Continued
Should STARS drop out of the picture, the Kaua`i Test Facility would still have plenty of people lined up at its door wanting to launch rockets. Leading the pack, in fact, is Hawai`i’s own Office of Space Industry. For years, … Continued
Most of the land on which the Kaua`i Test Facility sits is part of the larger Pacific Missile Range Facility, operated by the U.S. Navy. The land is ceded land, which was turned over to the military for its use … Continued
The missile launches that require evacuation of surrounding state-owned land will occur at an area known as the Kaua`i Test Facility, which is at the northern end of the Pacific Missile Range Facility, just inland of the famous Barking Sands … Continued
Repeatedly, the Department of Land and Natural Resources has claimed that the litigation brought by the Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund is not about environmental issues at all, but rather is an attempt to derail the STARS program. However, the … Continued
On March 23, 1983, President Ronald Reagan unveiled the Strategic Defense Initiative — his plan to make the United States invulnerable to the threat of incoming nuclear missiles. Ten years and $30 billion later, the Strategic Defense Initiative is still … Continued
The safety of the STARS program is related in obvious fashion to its reliability. No one denies that if a STARS rocket fails, public health and the environment are far more likely to be harmed than if the rocket is … Continued
Leina-a-ka’uahane. The leaping place for ghosts. Every island has such a place where, legend holds, spirits leave this world to enter one or another of the realms beyond. On Kaua’i, the ghosts leaped from the scarps above the Mana Plain, … Continued