time for a reminder of the larger "historical" context" of where...

time for a reminder of the larger "historical" context" of where we are and why it is so pivotal.

you can see here where the boundary lies between cloud cookoo (established oct 2008) and the outer reaches.

the pink arrow shows the exit. if we cross that line next week, there's an area of semi-extrapolated navigation, known as "the atmosphere", bound only by a line of weak resistance discovered with the announcement of Buena Vista.

beyond that, of course, is what we would all like to know...