[extropy-chat] PHYSICS: Gravity Probe B

[Robert J. Bradbury]

For those of you who want to understand what humanity
can achieve, you may want to read the history of
Gravity Probe B -- an effort to confirm some of the
predictions of Einstein's theory of General Relativity.

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/13/science/space/13GRAV.html?8br=&pagewanted=print

As they say -- "The medieval cathedral builders took longer."
But in our time things move at a much faster pace.

Robert