Millions Spent, Gravity Probe B Fails to Impress
Gravity Probe B is a NASA satellite currently in Earth's orbit, originally designed to measure relativistic effects predicted by Einstein's General Relativity Theory, such as frame dragging and the geodetic effect. It was launched in 2004 and relies on two high-precision gyroscopes to measure the two effects. The data it has collected to far cannot be used to extract any significant information because of high noise levels and unexpected gyroscope torque.
Simply put, a NASA review p...
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