Fascinating...and what if they actually pull it off?...very interesting...

-Chris-


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> Now, here is an interesting tidbit for you science lovers... according
> to Einstein a spinning planet should twist the fabric of space-time. To
> see the effect, all we need is a perfect gyroscope. And a perfect
> telescope. And a perfect vacuum in a perfect chamber in an orbit 400
> miles up. After 40 years of planning and half a billion dollars, the
> test is about to begin....
>
> The text above is fetched from
>
<URL:http://www.britannica.com/bcom/magazine/article/0,5744,2034,00.html?que
ry=gyroscope>
> and should give some interesting reading. It got my brain spinning (pun
> intended), and I produced this following image. Nothing much really,
> basically your average sphere and torii ... well, and some
> intersections.
>
> The image isn't much, but it allowed me to show you the article. Read
> it, you might find it interesting. ;-)
>
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