Big Bang and other Origin Topics
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Cornish, N. J., & et al. 2002, astro-ph/0202001
Journey to the edge of time: The GREAT mission
---GRavitational Echos Across Time (GREAT) mission
is a space gravitational wave detector that is far, far
down the road. It will study the gravitational wave signature
of the big bang epoch and the inflationary epoch (if such
exists): the CGB (cosmic gravitational wave background).
It's sensitivity requirements are such that
it will also pick all kinds of foreground objects.
New technology is needed and one can't expect to see
GREAT for 20 years or so I'd guess.