[sorrychuck]

> Instead of defining space by number of stars searched, we have opted to define space by three spatial dimensions: distance away and solid angle on the sky.

Seems like this really explodes the space. Recall:

> Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist's, but that's just peanuts to space.