On April 20, a NASA rocket will lift off from Vandenburg Air Force Base carrying one of the most remarkable physics experiments ever attempted. Gravity Probe B will try to answer questions raised by Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity, proposed in the early years of the 20th century. Whether Gravity Probe B proves Einstein to be right or wrong, it has already produced spinoff strategies and a number of technologies, and it has pushed the engineering envelope wider than ever before.
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Warping Space and Time: NASA Puts Einstein on Trial
Posted by: David Halperin January 24, 2004 02:00 AMOn April 20, a NASA rocket will lift off from Vandenburg Air Force Base carrying one of the most remarkable physics experiments ever attempted. Gravity Probe B will try to answer questions raised by Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity, proposed in the early years of the 20th century. Whether Gravity Probe B proves Einstein to be right or wrong, it has already produced spinoff strategies and a number of technologies, and it has pushed the engineering envelope wider than ever before.