My Dad worked as a ironworker for over 40 years. I have seen many of these on the end of very very long rods that they would dip into the molten metal...this is used to pouyr molten metal.
I agree with Tim. Tears come to my eyes as I watched the man whose mind travels further than any of ours to understand the universe and our beginnings be lifted to the very strata of his dreams. If I could cure just a fraction of the people on earth, he is at the front of the line....
To quote good ole Monty Python..."I'll bite your knee caps off!"
"I throughly disapprove of Gene Simmons. And Bill the Cat for that matter...."
Rock on!