[extropy-chat] gravity probe b

[Damien Broderick]

Spike asked me to send this along:

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WooooHoooo!

The Gravity Probe B is on its way!  This is the longest-lived
space project in history, having been proposed in 1959 and
launched today.  It is to measure a consequence of general
relativity: inertial frame dragging.  Check it out:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravity_Probe_B

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spike