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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://fediscience.org/users/jsdodge/statuses/111829681798491822">Steve Dodge (jsdodge@fediscience.org)'s status on Monday, 29-Jan-2024 21:08:04 JST</a><a href="https://fediscience.org/@jsdodge" title="jsdodge@fediscience.org"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/225076-48-20231221021909.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="Steve Dodge" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">Steve Dodge</a><div><a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/@johncarlosbaez/111829303745277853" rel="in-reply-to">in reply to</a><ul><li></ul></div></section><article><p><a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/@johncarlosbaez">@johncarlosbaez</a> <br>I remember the laser physicist Bob Beyer talking about this project in the 90s, when LIGO was still under development (some of it in a lab that I shared with a mechanical engineer who was designing vibration isolation for the LIGO mirror supports). Even LIGO seemed a bit crazy to me at the time, and LISA seemed completely absurd. It’s exciting to see it gain traction! Fingers crossed our civilization doesn’t collapse before it launches…. 😬</p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/2642614#notice-5250331">In conversation</a><time datetime="2024-01-29T21:08:04+09:00" title="Monday, 29-Jan-2024 21:08:04 JST">about 10 months ago</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://fediscience.org/@jsdodge/111829681798491822" rel="external" title="Sent from fediscience.org via ActivityPub">fediscience.org</a></span></span><a href="https://fediscience.org/@jsdodge/111829681798491822">permalink</a></footer></blockquote>

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Steve Dodge (jsdodge@fediscience.org)'s status on Monday, 29-Jan-2024 21:08:04 JSTSteve Dodge
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I remember the laser physicist Bob Beyer talking about this project in the 90s, when LIGO was still under development (some of it in a lab that I shared with a mechanical engineer who was designing vibration isolation for the LIGO mirror supports). Even LIGO seemed a bit crazy to me at the time, and LISA seemed completely absurd. It’s exciting to see it gain traction! Fingers crossed our civilization doesn’t collapse before it launches…. 😬
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