It's European invasion

Geoff, you are off your game today. What's up...usually so sharp.

The waves were detected in 2015 and announced in 2016. The work to do so started much much earlier. It was their work that made the detection possible and was recognized.

And one member of the trio is a naturalized citizen, originally from Berlin.

Since 2000: 33 of 85 'American' [US] (sic) winners have been immigrants (for the Nobel in Chemistry, Medicine and Physics) [Courtesy Forbes].

My intentions are neutral, just like cables. : )

Gosh, you're smart. 😳

"Our Germans are better than their Germans."  From The Right Stuff.  

The dude who was head of NASA’s rocket program and who designed the "heavy lifters" used to go to the moon used to be a Nazi. And that's why there's a big old Nazi V1 rocket standing right next to all the other rockets in the Air and Space Museum. Gee, I wonder why they call America The Great Melting Pot? 🙄

Geof, just making sure you understand that if Werner Von Braun was a dedicated, political and practicing Nazi, he wouldn’t have had the time or the passion to be the amazing rocket physicist and engineer he was. The most brilliant minds don’t necessarily mean monster simply because they got caught up in a particular time and place. Perhaps we might instead cite that while he was conscripted by that political party, he stayed focused on his technical goals and fortunately got the opportunity to work with a political power after the war to put that knowledge and those applications to positive use. So, I wince a little when I hear you proclaim that he was a "Nazi" as if that defined the man. From what I’ve read, that is not the case. Should all Americans be defined as Trumpians simply because the guy is in office?