Building LISA, Humanity's Biggest Telescope

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Gravitational waves revolutionised Astronomy. But LIGO, VIRGO and KAGRA only operate in one spectrum. To detect longer waves we need bigger telescopes. Much bigger. Ones that don't fit on Earth. That is where LISA comes in, which will be humanity's biggest telescope.

🟣 Guest: Dr. Stefano Vitale 
https://www.metroaerospace.org/mas2018/plenary-speaker-stefano-vitale

00:00 Intro
02:43 The evolution of gravitational wave search
05:33 Proving the concept with LISA Pathfinder
15:34 What will LISA see?
31:09 What are the next steps for LISA?
43:17 What happens after LISA?
50:02 Current obsessions
51:43 Final Thoughts


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