Kill all the rabbits? 🤔

This is very deeply stupid

Also you can’t just mothball one of the sites and then bring it back later. If the vacuum isn’t maintained it’s a *significant* cost to bake out the arms again.

Careful. If the Trump administration reads this they will change their minds and say that LIGO can operate two sites, but only one arm of the interferometer in each site.

I have ... doubts ... any scientists were consulted on the NSF budget request in any meaningful capacity.

You could have stopped at request. Haha you didn’t have to type the rest.

Not a fan of these cuts, but KAGRA and VIRGO are online. Also, India will build its own LIGO soon-ish www.ligo.caltech.edu/page/ligo-in...

I say if he does it we pluck out one of his eyes. Clearly he doesn't need both.

What about baby goats?

*ears perk up* Did somebody say rabbit?

What about 2 rabbits with Spooky Action at a Distance ?

Doge HS teachers failed us all when they passed these kids.

Thanks for pointing it out. This is nuts. Are other countries developing LIGO sites?

There is Virgo in Italy. With it and one LIGO, we can still detect sources well, but we would not be able to localise sources for telescopes to follow up. KAGRA is being worked on in Japan, but it is years away from the necessary sensitivity. Construction of LIGO India is just starting

But Elon said we could do it with one and Grok. 🤪