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Old 03-December-2008, 04:41 PM
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BA Blog: Touching Hubble’s history

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Touching that glass put me there. That part of my brain firing up gave me the extra dimension of sense, the understanding, the knowing, and (yes) the feeling the history of the place. And there is history at Mt. Wilson; our grand explorations of the cosmos took a major leap there. When I reached out my hand, that’s what I was experiencing, if only vicariously.

I remember it better now than I would have otherwise. I can still picture it all, can remember how it felt, and my sense of awe remains unabated.
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I agree. There is nothing like standing in a place of historical importance and feeling a connection to what happened there.
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