Lulu Station: A 84-Year Project

Astronomers will be free to pursue greater knowledge of the cosmos, unfettered by either governmental or commercial pressures. Without their courageous and trailblazing efforts, Lulu would have remained a mess of blueprints, sketches, and diagrams. Let us honor them and their families today with a moment of quiet contemplation. Tomorrow, we send our first research cohort into the black, where, I'm sure, the most miraculous of discoveries await them.