Permanent historical factsheet

LIGO Construction Approval

United States of America · Science / Physics. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

1Records
1990Date range
1Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1990

Rochus E. Vogt1990

Washington · Science / Physics

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.

Names involved

Rochus E. Vogt

Provenance

This factsheet is generated from stored World History Database records matching the country, broad category, detailed category and exact Event value shown above. Duplicate display records are collapsed; database wording is otherwise preserved. Source provenance varies by record, so formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.