LISA Pathfinder Launch on Dec 2: Einstein's Last Theory

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Earth-bound detectors should have located (at least) tens of sources at that point, but LISA will measure at lower frequencies. We can go from a discovery to observations in multiple frequency ranges in 20 years.
 
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