To: Focault's Pendulum
It's not clear. The article says they used "Small acceleration sensors" to detect whatever it is they detected. I assume those are something like Robert Forward's mass detectors, but I'm guessing. Then they attribute their unexpectedly high readings to gravitomagnetism. It's a bit conjectural at this point. But if they've really detected something, it certainly requires an explanation.
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03/25/2006 11:53:12 AM PST by
PatrickHenry
(Yo momma's so fat she's got a Schwarzschild radius.)
To: PatrickHenry
It's not clear. The article says they used "Small acceleration sensors" to detect whatever it is they detected. I assume those are something like Robert Forward's mass detectors, but I'm guessing. Then they attribute their unexpectedly high readings to gravitomagnetism. It's a bit conjectural at this point. But if they've really detected something, it certainly requires an explanation. I agree.
I'm not sure how Bob Forward's Mass Detector worked but I thought he was looking for gravitational waves and never actually found them.
These guys must be using some sort of mass detector that shows a deflection from the vertical in the presence of mass. And that deflection changes when the superconducting ring is accelerated. I'm just guessing but that's what it sounds like to me.
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