Reply to post: Re: "gas molecules bouncing around inside the satellite were sufficient to register as noise. "

LISA Pathfinder sniffed out gravitational signals down to micro-Hertz

SkippyBing

Re: "gas molecules bouncing around inside the satellite were sufficient to register as noise. "

'Interstellar space is rarely emptier than 1 particle per cc, and at 2.7K that works out at ~1E-17 pascals.'

So it'll be alright to get home on and then pump it up there?

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