DYKT The first Delta rocket launched the first communications Balloon—which used the same receiver that Penzias and Wilson later used to discover CBR. (p 232)

How did they measure the cleanliness of the gantry (rocket support)? (p 233)

What contingency hadn’t they planned for? (p 234)

How tall was the Delta rocket? (p 234)

Weight? (p 234)

How fast would the satellite go in orbit? (p 234)

How long would it take to go around the world at that rate? (not in book, but the circumference of the earth is 25,000 miles)

On page 234 Delta was called "The worlds finest launch vehicle." How was it described on page 235?

Why was COBE in a polar orbit? (p 235-6)

What is the terminator? Hint: it doesn’t star Arnold (p 236)

DYKT it took the sound 5 second to travel the mile from the pad to the observers! (p 236)

Why was COBE overheating over Antarctica of all places? (p 237)

How high is COBE’s orbit? (p 237)

How large is COBE? (p 237) 

How much does it weigh? (p 237)

How fast is it rotating? Why is it rotating? (p 237)

What was the "very real scare?" (p 238)

What was FIRAS? (p 240)

What was the purpose of FIRAS? (p 240)

What was "the dipole" (p 242)

Why use IR to look at the galactic center? (Not in Book!! Question is raised on p 242)

What does DIRBE stand for? (p 242, 239)

Did the preliminary results show wrinkles in CBR? (p 243)

How large were the expected variation in CBR? (p 244)

What (besides wrinkles) could produce irregularities in CBR? (p 244)

What four steps would there be to discover wrinkles (p 245)

How does the media’s caution compare with Smoots? Why is this? What is the agenda of each? (p 246)

In 1991, did cosmologists all support the big bang theory? (p 247)

Name one competing theory (p 247)

Why was he going to measure in Antarctica? (p 251)

Why Antarctica? (p 251)