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NASA Still Trying to Verify Anti-Gravity Claims

Posted by michael on from the wild-blue-yonder dept.

uncoda writes "The L.A. Times has an article about NASA research into a phenomenon in which the effect of gravity is supposedly reduced. It sounds like cold fusion or polywater to me, but who knows?" We've posted two previous stories about Podkletnov's research: one from a couple of years ago and another more recently.

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  1. antigrav felines by Mr.Coffee · · Score: 2, Funny

    i swear to god that cat's must have these things in them.

    which brings up a point in itself, the age old open-faced peanut butter sandwhich on the back of a cat argument.

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    1. Re:antigrav felines by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

      On a note related to your cat-sandiwch complex: As kids, we wanted to see what would happen if you placed a slinky on an escalator. We reckoned that the slinky would fall forever, if it fell in synch with the escalator. One day we tried it out. We went to the mall, slinky in hand, and we dropped the slinky on the escalator and retreated to watch from the floor above. Our slinky stopped working a few seconds later and before we could reach it, got caught in the top of the escalator.

  2. Re:Getting Dizzy... by bollocks · · Score: 4, Funny

    Would your lunch be 2% of your weight?

  3. If it is true... by Jucius+Maximus · · Score: 3, Funny

    There will be a whole new rush of 'effortless weight loss' products on the market. (Not mass loss.)

  4. randal and dante by oo7tushar · · Score: 5, Funny

    will finally get their flying car, perhaps from the german scientist? http://www.viewaskew.com/tv/leno/flyingcar.html

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  5. Whats todays date? by Linuxthess · · Score: 3, Funny
    For a second I thought it was April 1st.

    The article states "The Podkletnov effect suggests it may be possible to effectively reduce the mass of the ship, thereby reducing the overall energy needed for acceleration."

    Now as every semi-educated idiot knows, Mass and Weight are two different measures. Mass is an immutable constant, while weight is strictly based on the strength of the gravational field.

    In other words wieght can vary, but mass will never.

    I did a Google search on this "paranoid" scientist and I couldn't find anything negative.
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  6. It would work great in space. by gnovos · · Score: 3, Funny

    Yes, in space your weight will be reduced by 2% by this device. Since you "weigh" zero, and 2% of zero is also zero, it won't seem like much...

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  7. Re:Poor Article Poor chances by drik00 · · Score: 4, Funny
    not to totally "me too" here about the gravity/mass thing, but, did anyone else find it ironic/funny that such a grossly innaccurate statement was made by a reader named "quantaman"?

    Just an observation.

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  8. Re:AntiGravy by Bronster · · Score: 3, Funny

    I love how the web has made every Kook with a website an "Editor"

    As opposed to the printing press?

    (totally off topic - but all the web has done has made it even easier to be a kook)

    Bron (Scientific Advisor: Slashdot.org, On The Web, In Crayon)

  9. Re:Poor Article Poor chances by Paradise+Pete · · Score: 2, Funny
    If you witness/measure less gravitational force in a system, you can conclude at least one of three things

    Actually my wife found a handy little dial on the bottom of her scale that lets her reduce the apparent mass at will. It's especially effective after parties the night before.

  10. cross post by Prowl · · Score: 2, Funny

    shouldn't this belong in the "outrageous vendor lies" thread.

    still, i won't have to worry about my diet...

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  11. Re:DBZ by NanoGator · · Score: 3, Funny

    So can a bow-flex! Heh =)

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