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NASA Gravity Probe Launched

Posted by michael on from the up-up-and-away dept.

ping pong writes "Forty-five years in the making and 24 hours late, NASA launched the $700 million satellite into orbit today to test Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity. The satellite, which was inserted into a polar orbit, will spend two months getting ready, then 16 months making measurements." NASA's mission news has more.

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  1. Re:That's a lot of money to spend by four12 · · Score: 0, Troll

    So... what does it matter if we prove or disprove the aforementioned theories?

    It's like proving, without a doubt, that up is the opposite of down (most of the time).

  2. Hmm by digitallystoned · · Score: 0, Troll

    Well, im glad they finally did something..I just hope that the guy that designed this crap in meters remembered to program the craft in meters... Dont need a repeat of the mars lander a few years ago when the thing hit Mars at a constant velocity of 225mph..WHOOPS, there goes 200 million......Alas, another 420 project..