Hunting the edge of space

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You're welcome TomK. Very impressive to be part of Keck. I remember just before Hubble all the talk about how Earth-based optical telescopes were going to be dinosaurs. The idea to use a high powered laser for calibration was just pure genius. Plus this fiber optic synthetic aperture is so awesome along with the new infrared sensor elements. My thing now is finding out about the Polynesian constellations. Didn't realize the word alamoana (deep sea road) was their word for the Milky Way. The Polynesians were traversing thousands of miles of open ocean at a time European sailors generally accepted the edge of the world was not far beyond the gates of Hercules.