We need global open gravitational compasses, not demos
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Is an atom interferometer something to look at? Yes, but this one is not sensitive enough or fast enough. Too many cooks. Too expensive R&D overhead. I have never seen a single successful government commercialization in 55 years of looking. I like government labs and projects, but they are not the place to build new industries that reach all humans for the good of all humans. There are about 20 competing technologies and many more groups trying this. All of them not aiming for “low cost, sustainable, learnable”.
Is it a good effort? Yes, just aimed at research papers, not production of usable tools.
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Richard Collins, The Internet Foundation
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-31410-4
