LIGO Directorship
Vogt becomes LIGO's first director and leads the effort to merge the Caltech and MIT programmes into a coordinated observatory project.
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Rochus E. Vogt Biography and Timeline
Follow Rochus E. Vogt through 3 dated historical records for United States of America.
Rochus E. Vogt, historical timeline
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
3Distinct records
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1987–1992Years on this page
1987
1990
LIGO Construction Approval
The National Science Board approves the LIGO construction proposal while Vogt directs the project, authorising a programme that includes initial detectors followed by more sensitive upgrades.
1992
LIGO Site Selection
The National Science Foundation selects Hanford and Livingston for the two LIGO observatories and signs the cooperative agreement that allows construction planning to proceed.
Records, sources and methodology
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