The Search for Hidden Data

Oh my god, our new telescope can see one third more stars!

Wow, that is some terrific news; our second big discovery of the year!

I'm new at the lab—what do you mean, our second?

We wanted to keep the group as calm as possible, but we can use the new telescope to predict planets forming. What do you think the third will be?

In no uncertain terms, could we use this to find a second earth?

Well, we—when talking to the funding agency—ardently claimed we could even find a third.

Did you get the funding ramp you asked for to look for that third?

Yes, but we'll need to go to sub-arctic temperatures for the first step of that experiment.

Will that be the final iteration of our lab, or just a first rung on its new direction?

No, the second step will be to buy a big concrete slab to stabilize that new telescope you've been working with.