Chris Erskine: Coolest place in the Milky Way
We are standing in the very spot where mankind first kissed the cosmos.
Do I have your attention yet?
On a summer Saturday night, Mt. Wilson beckons, open to the public and a thousand times more tempting than any sticky-floored multiplex.
You want worlds far, far away? Well, come take a peek.
Because when you study it a little - and I study all things just a little - you find that Mt. Wilson is the Fenway Park of 20th century astronomy, a thrilling place where contrarians helped change the plot lines of human existence.
