you know, i think everyone s inteagued by astronomy because it s about the big questions. where did we come from. you know, how did the universe begin. are we alone? an amazing thing now is we re on the verge of really being able to answer these questions. it s an exciting time. looking for extraterrestrial intelligence, right? how do you go about looking? why do children learn how to walk? i don t know. i mean, they just do. they re driven somehow by a force inside of them that they can t identify. i don t know why i m doing this, i just feel compelled to go forward. when i was a small child, i went with my dad on a camping trip. it was his first and last camping trip. fortunately he made it happen. i remember waking up in the middle of the night and stepping outside the tent, and i looked