We're also reminded of where The Outer
Limits fits into a society that was shell - shocked by JFK's assassination and, later, joyously greeted the Beatles.
Funding for astronomy is far more
limited than that available for cancer research, say, and compared with most other fields of science, the number of professional astronomers is astonishingly small (the membership of the American Astronomical
Society would just about
fit into Radio City Music Hall).