I’m fairly scientific, and I am still failing to see one real practical application of this discovery.
I understand scientifics but not deeply.
Did I just read here that gravity could be nullified (to a certain extent) by high frequency electric current on a metal mesh?
I think that’s kind of a big deal.
Go back and read that section called “Toward a New Astronomy.” It sort of explains what to expect.
But I can sympathize, because at first I was exactly where you are. I mean, it’s not as if we’re going to be able to do any kind of spectroscopy with gravitational waves. And without something like that, gravitational wave “telescopes” are going to be poor cousins to optical, radio, etc. So what information are we going to get? Oh, two things collided over there a billion years ago. Whoopee. :-)
But I’m slowly coming around... This IS exciting.
The U.S. Military is always looking for new ways to kill annoying people and is usually the first customer of new science. Using curved lenses made of tungsten it might be possible to build a long range gravity wave radar to counter stealth technologies, although DARPA is probably more interested in quantum entanglement radar at the moment.
Another idea: gravity wave communication. It might be a new method to send signals that can pass through heavy objects. Military commanders could communicate with submarines on the other side of the planet.