Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20120707:18:40:00
Pick up those signals to the edge of the earth. our final destination. >> way up on that plateau. that's still 7,000 feet above where we are. >> 16,500 feet. with what's up here, it's the closest you can get to outer space without a rocket ship. >> what is it like to finally be here? >> it's freaking awesome. this is the state of the art observatory in the world. this is the largest, most sophisticated ground base observatory that the world has ever created. it will blow everything else out of the water. it could take weeks or months of observing to do what we'll do in a day or an hour. it's r...