From: LARRY KLAES (ljk4_at_msn.com)
Date: Thu Aug 12 2004 - 06:33:57 PDT
Earth to E.T.: We're waiting
Washington Post Aug. 9, 2004
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SETI scientists gathered last week
for a workshop on "The Significance
of Negative SETI Results." Project
Phoenix, the most sensitive survey
so far, targeted only 1,000 nearby
stars. "Earthlings are just getting
into the game," said Dan Werthimer,
a University of California-Berkeley
professor who is chief scientist for
SETI_at_home<mailto:SETI_at_home>. He urged...
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: Thu Aug 12 2004 - 07:01:25 PDT
Probe Set to Test Einstein Theory
Wired News Aug. 7, 2004
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NASA's Gravity Probe B spacecraft
will test Einstein's general theory
of relativity. Gravity Probe B will
test two concepts of the theory:
that Earth -- and almost any body in
space -- creates a dimple in the
universe's space-time fabric; and
that the rotation of the Earth
twists that fabric. It will attempt
to measure those effects by...