Richard Hammond journeys to discover the startling EngineeringnConnections behind the Keck Observatory which has seen further intonthe universe than any other telescope on Earth. He reveals that thenKeck Observatory owes its incredible design to an Ancient Greeknpolymath, an early Twentieth Century Russian inventor, an AmericannCivil War general, a break-through in aerial reconnaissance and annattempt to cure Yellow Fever. Hidden in its DNA he finds an ancientntechnique for starting a fire, a weird sounding musical instrument, ansand blaster, a Korean War spy plane and a refrigerator.
