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Well, if the first test launch was supposed to be in 2013, how is this project going?

• ragebol 2y ago
  The LISA project mentioned in the abstract got the go-ahead this January: https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Capturing_the_ripples_of_spacetime_LISA_gets_go-ahead https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Captur...
  • Bluestein 2y ago
    Also, to wit: "“LISA is an endeavour that has never been tried before. Using laser beams over distances of several kilometres, ground-based instrumentation can detect gravitational waves coming from events involving star-sized objects – such as supernova explosions or merging of hyper-dense stars and stellar-mass black holes. To expand the frontier of gravitational studies we must go to space,” explains LISA lead project scientist Nora Lützgendorf." Using three satellites in equilateral formation. The project sounds incredibly cool.-
• _joel 2y ago
  Not long to wait only... well, 2035. A blink of the eye in terms of astronomy build deadlines, I guess.
  • dylan604 2y ago
    As history has shown, there a significant difference between project deadlines mentioned at the start of the project and the actual date of when it's launched. 2035 become 2037 becomes 2040 becomes 2045 very easily
    • _joel 2y ago
      That's true, I'm hopeful innovation in this space increases the speed of delivery but you're probably right.
      • Bluestein 2y ago
        (And, I hate to bring this up but ... AI? I am sure someone somewhere is putting generation to good use. It has to be speeding up deliverables somehow ...)