Children remain our greatest hope - Delaware Gazette

Children remain our greatest hope - Delaware Gazette

My public work in astronomy will soon come to a close, an end dictated by advanced age, infirmity, and a failure to think of anything more to write or talk about. As I complete those efforts, my mind turns to one of the many times a child confronted me about extraterrestrial life. One thing I learned from my quarter-century stint at Perkins Observatory was that I could classify the questions from children by their grade level. For example, fifth…