'Einstein Probe' Delayed

isorox writes "The BBC is reporting that a NASA satellite designed to test frame dragging, predicted by the theory of relativity, has been delayed for 24 hours because mission control couldn't verify the correct software had been loaded. The probe was proposed 35 years ago, but has never had the funding until now. The question remains is what happens if Frame Dragging isn't observed - will the experiment be wrong (in other words there's no point to it), or will we get faster-than-light ships for Christmas?"

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NASA Quality Control

[tgraupmann]

What kind of software / hardware / techs does NASA pay for? It seems like the cheap stuff to me. Rovers with bad flash hardware. Shuttles that blow up. Techs that can't use version control. I have to hope that we don't have to endure another disaster.

Re: 'Einstein Probe' Delayed

[TerminalInsanity]

Yes, i cant wait for CNN to start reporting bush's thoughts on the probe, and how it is proof that we are moving allong, dispite the terrorists threats and we should all be in bush's debt. Thank you CNN. All hail bush.

Re:Why send it up?

[Dynedain]

To the stupid mods who dragged the parent down. Get a sense of humor. It's for measuring frame dragging or lag, and a joke about it being delayed is -1 Troll??