text:  And although it was the first to begin the decommissioning process, it technically wasn't the first to go down. The University of Hawaii at Hilo Center for Mauna Kea Stewardship says the removal of the Hokukea Observatory was finished a month earlier. Still, the decommissioning of the long-shuttered observatory was a significant milestone in the plan for the mountain. The conversations Russell Subbiano spoke with Gregory Chun and Nahua Gillows, both with the Center for Mauna Kea Stewardship.