Collection:LPB

Genre: Newsmagazine

Place Covered: Livingston Parish, Louisiana

Copyright Holder: Louisiana Educational Television Authority

Date Issued: 1995-12-15

Duration: 00:07:15

Subjects: LIGO Livingston Observatory | Scientific research | Gravitational waves | Science

Contributors:

• Collins, Robert Host
• Chapa, Arcie Reporter
• Wharton, James Interviewee
• Drobny, Karl Interviewee
• Smart, Skip Interviewee

This segment from the December 15, 1995, episode of the series “Louisiana: The State We’re In” features Arcie Chapa’s report on the construction of LIGO, or the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory, in Livingston Parish, a $75 million observatory sponsored by the National Science Foundation to detect gravitational waves. She interviews: Dr. James Wharton, former LSU chancellor; Karl Drobny, construction manager; and Skip Smart, the executive director of the Livingston Parish Economic Development Council. Host: Robert Collins