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Review the FITS format specification and implement the basic message structure without getting too bogged down in the details first.

Develop encoder and decoder applications in whatever language so that I can verify that I am able to pass messages over the protobuf and still get the original FITS message back.

We don't necessarily have to reproduce the entire FITS standard if we can carry the same type of information more efficiently with a different structure and provide utilities for easily encoding/decoding FITS files through our protobuf. Figure out the best way to encode the FITS information in a protobuf, and the implement that rather than directly copying the FITS standard into protobuf-land.