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Hacking Cassini To Detect Gravity Waves

Posted by timothy on from the ether-net dept.

lennon writes: "With some upgrades to the tracking equipment, NASA is going to try to detect gravitational waves by tracking the speed of the Cassini probe. They've tried this with other spacecraft, but the sensors have evolved since then. Complete press release is here. Looks like a neat hack."

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  1. How long before the FCC ... by OmegaDan · · Score: 5, Funny

    how long before the FCC declares itself the guardian of the gravtational frequency band and starts selling portions to the highest bidder? :)

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