Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I heke atu a Luu ki Te Hononga o Amerika hei rerenga i te tau 1975, i te wa i tukuna ai e te kawanatanga o Vietnam ki te Tonga
ka hinga. I noho ia me tōna whānau i roto i ngā puni rerenga me ngā motera i mua i to rātau noho ki Kentucky, kei reira ōna whanaunga. I puta ia i te kura tuarua hei kaitiaki o te kura ka whiwhi karahipi ki te Whare Wananga o Stanford, ka whiwhi i tana tohu paetahi i te ahupūngao i te 1984. I te mahi i te Jet Propulsion Laboratory i NASA i muri i te kura, i whakaaweawe ia ki te ako i te whetu.