It was really fun to be an astronomer for a week. No wife, no kid, no work – just some much needed solitude and astronomy. There were challenges and frustrations and I did miss the wife and the kid a lot, but I enjoyed myself immensely.

 

Astronomy is such a beautiful science. We don’t have laboratories, we don’t set up experiments, we just sit and wait for data to shine down on our detectors. We don’t have large corporations trying to skew our results. In fact, grant money aside, there is virtually no profit motive in astronomy. It’s (somewhat) pure and it is fascinating to almost everyone.

 

So I consider myself very lucky to be able to spend time doing astronomy. I’m one more in a long line of people who stay up all night trying to unravel the secrets of the universe. I’m a lucky, lucky man.

Thanks for listening.