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Testing Relativity

Posted by michael on from the rewriting-textbooks dept.

MGDruss writes "NASA are proposing an empirical measurement on the ISS which would test general relativity to a precision within the bounds of superstring (and other) theories to predict deviation." We mentioned the Cassini experiment last year.

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  1. Speaking of testing by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Tart words make no friends; a spoonful of honey will catch more flies than a gallon of vinegar. -- B. Franklin
    Has anyone tested this, or does Slashdot put any old quote at the bottom of the page?
  2. Re:Arthur C. Clarke's Foresight by boltoflightning · · Score: 0, Offtopic


    very nice! well spoken too. thank you.

    I had an idea that would take us into space. whaddya think?

    a spaceship, having these properties:
    There is no energy production required, which sounds kinda strange...
    the propulsion is simple rotation! the idea kinda makes me dizzy!
    neverthuless, it all seems to fit just right inside me hed.

    that sound like a good idea? some refinement is required, but it seems sound to meh.

    no energy production from the idea that you already HAVE the energy.
    you might just be moving it around..

    the propulsion is the motion, conjunction junction.
    what's my function?
    .