What were some of the advantages of launching Smoot’s CBR (cosmic background radiation) experiment into space? (p 194)
What does COBE stand for? (p 196)
Where is COBE right this second? http://liftoff.msfc.nasa.gov/realtime/JTrack/Spacecraft.html
What three experiments does COBE contain? (p 196)
What news rocked the cosmological community in 1980? (p 197)
What was the minimum level of density fluctuations that theorists thought would be sufficient to allow gravity to form galaxies and superstructures? (p 199)
Why did the cooled detector have to look through a window? (p 201)
What was the salami slicer for? (p 202)
Why was Jerry worried? (p 205) 
What did the second round of balloon flights conclude? (p 208)
What does "Better is the enemy of good" mean? (p 209)
What did Smoot have to give up to get cooled detectors on COBE? (p 209)