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From: Børge Berg-Olsen
Subject: Gravity Probe MKII
Date: 24 Sep 2000 16:17:08
Message: <39CE6101.3305B4C@dod.no>

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?query=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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From: Chris S
Subject: Re: Gravity Probe MKII
Date: 24 Sep 2000 18:39:14
Message: <39ce8292$1@news.povray.org>

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

-Chris-


news:39C### [at] dodno...
> 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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