Getting Ready for LISA: The Data, Support and Preparation Needed to Maximize US Participation in Space-Based Gravitational Wave Science

Understand

The NASA LISA Study Team was tasked to study how NASA might support US scientists to participate and maximize the science return from the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) mission.

• LISA is gravitational wave observatory led by ESA with NASA as a junior partner, and is scheduled to launch in 2034.
• Among our findings: LISA science productivity is greatly enhanced by a full-featured US science center and an open access data model.
• As other major missions have demonstrated, a science center acts as both a locus and an amplifier of research innovation, data analysis, user support, user training and user interaction.