Engineering connections - The Keck telescope - Part 2

Richard Hammond journeys to discover the startling Engineering Connections behind the Keck Observatory which has seen further into the universe than any other telescope on Earth. He reveals that the Keck Observatory owes its incredible design to an Ancient Greek polymath, an early Twentieth Century Russian inventor, an American Civil War general, a break-through in aerial reconnaissance and an attempt to cure Yellow Fever. Hidden in its DNA he finds an ancient technique for starting a fire, ...
Author: astronomyisamazing; Tags: Astronomy space richard hammond keck interferometry engineering connections mauna kea telescope observatory


















