我第一次注意到宇宙开始收缩,也是得知我失去了太阳系观察研究项目资金拨款的那一天。天文台台长帕特丽夏·雷米尼亲自来到我的办公室,告诉了我提交的国家科学基金申请报告的结果,来自华盛顿的消息终于横跨太平洋来到了夏威夷,只可惜不是什么好消息。 The first time I noticed that the universe started to contract, I learned that I had lost funding for research projects in the solar system. Observatory director Patricia Remini came to my office personally and told me the result of the NSF application that I submitted. The news from Washington finally arrived in Hawaii across the Pacific, but what a pity is not good news.