Leaving Stockholm! I think, maybe, just maybe, I spot another member of the LIGO laureate team on the same plane from the corner of my eye—I won’t bug him, I promise—but this has been so thrilling! I’ve had the biggest fangirl week of my life, I think. 
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Replying to @zeynep
Oh, I meant it positively. To be able to measure something that incredible small, much smaller than a proton. That is, like, the coolest thing ever!
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Replying to @zeynep
In my mind a greater achievement than the moon landings.
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The whole thing, right? The theory, the twists, the practical issues, raising that kind of funding, and you finally build the new thing, and, suddenly, all of a sudden... Boom.
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Replying to @tsvenson
I also got to talk with some family members of the LIGO team about all the twists and turns over the years. I think it would be an awesome thriller movie!
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Replying to @zeynep
Agree. And I believe the odds are very low, like subatomic, there will be at least one drama documentary about it.
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Replying to @zeynep
How did the family members describe the teams stubbornness not giving up?
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Welll, seems like a lot of big, sometimes clashing personalities were involved—but also length of time efforts went on is pretty impressive given what they had to build and troubleshoot.
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