Re: Gravity Probe B

<carlip-nospam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

For a nice summary of the current status, see Bob Kahn's short article in
the fall 2005 issue of Matters of Gravity, http://www.phys.lsu.edu/mog/ .

(Incidentally, the experimentalists I know would like nothing better than
to find a result that clearly disagrees with GR. Experimentalists live to
prove theorists wrong. A confirmation of GR leads to a reaction, "Ho hum,
nice experiment, but no surprise." A disconfirmation is where the real
prestige would lie.)

Isn't one of the hoped-for results a proof or disproof of
string theory?

If so I think a confirmation or a disconfirmation would carry
equal prestige.

Steve
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