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Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2005 11:24 am
by BingoTheClowno
Very interesting:
A NASA/Stanford physics experiment called Gravity Probe B (GP-B) recently finished a year of gathering science data in Earth orbit. The results, which will take another year to analyze, should reveal the shape of space-time around Earth--and, possibly, the vortex.

http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2005 ... ?list26511


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Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2005 2:26 pm
by BingoTheClowno
On 2005-11-17 13:28, stardust wrote:


Thus time up there runs faster tha here on earth.
If only I could ride a beam of light :lol:

Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2005 3:05 pm
by astroman
probably not...
inverse redshift would turn neons into gamma rays - and that's not easy to shield :wink:
and who'd supply us with these nice stories from science then ? :grin:

cheers, tom