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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. A much overrated man by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    I'm sick of everyone venerating this turd. Physics is a crock. Art and music are much more interesting and the only true paradise. Einstein can get lost.

  3. Re:$700 Million? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    What state are you from, Wyoming?

  4. Re:So did Marx ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    'So did Marx'.
    Sure.

    The only difference is the kind of people that are still concerned by Einstein long after his death.

    They are the clever ones.

    Those who still listen to Marx (and not only read him) are the idiots, if no more the dangerous ones.

  5. 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..

  6. conspiracy theory... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    its probably just a front for another satellite to look for bin laden in a dumpster ...