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I hope to live long enough to see the evolution of interferometers that will be to LIGO as HST was to Galileo's telescope.
by metalliqaz 5y ago
I hope to live long enough to see the evolution of interferometers that will be to LIGO as HST was to Galileo's telescope.
- foo92691 5y agoThis is what you're waiting for: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laser_Interferometer_Space_Antenna https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laser_Interferometer_Space_Ant...
- BbzzbB 5y ago> Launch date: 2037 (planned) It hurts.
- metalliqaz 5y agoassume it takes an extra 10 years due to delays and time to get some science done, I should just about make it.
- dylan604 5y agoI thought LIGO was the HST to Galileo's telescope.
- ww520 5y agoGalileo's telescope and HST all work on electromagnetic energy. LIGO work on gravitational wave. LIGO is the beginning of a completely different class of instruments.