LISA Pathfinder – Window on the gravitational universe
LISA Pathfinder?s name, Laser Interferometer Space Antenna, clearly indicates the role of precursor that this mission plays. Its goal is to validate the technology required to detect gravitational waves from space. Gravitational waves will open a new door in our understanding of the Universe, and at the same time help to verify Einstein?s General Theory of Relativity. LISA Pathfinder will be launched early December 2015 on a Vega rocket from Kourou in French Guiana.
Having 3 satelites at a Lagrange-Point flying in formation and constantly pointing lasers at each other to accurately measure tiny gold-cubes inside each other… how cool is that 🙂
awesome
In the context of general relativity, gravity is not a force, but spacetime curvature.
there is no time ..
Insane to spend so much on a mission, as the prototypes (of this laser interferometry) on Earth show no influence by gravity waves. Face the fact that light also travels along the space-time curvature and gravity waves cannot be detected by LIGO type experiments
Albert Einstein docet
We have no idea what's happening, but maybe tomorrow we will know more.
with one we can detect antigravitational forces (or inducted), with 3 we can precise where are originated those forces and some stuff that they dont whant to share with everyone ajahahhah.
why don't they throw a very long light in the space and see it gets curved by the gravity of a star nearby. thats what Einstein said right?
Gravitational wave has been finally detected! Im proud to be living in the moment of the greatest discovery in astronomy history of this generation.
"The LISA trio of satellites to detect gravitational waves from space has been selected as the third large-class mission in ESA?s Science programme.."
I thought that although gravitational wave affect center of gravity but for object shielded by closed surfaces may feel a different force than open surface
A inova??o no centro das ideias e a l?gica evolu??o n?o ? assim? Einstein criou e construiu ideias para a eternidade!! E dessas ideias uma pequena % dar em sucesso!! ? excelente quando se idealiza sem medo de n?o conseguir ter sucesso …Para podermos ter uma renova??o/inova??o permanente para a conquista n?o ?? Isto em cadeia os resultados aparecem e o ser humano evolui no seu modo de pensar o mundo!!