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We need a research satellite around Mars to better understand long range forces. The immediate problem is being bound to Earth distance experiments, including a
by crb002 6y ago
We need a research satellite around Mars to better understand long range forces. The immediate problem is being bound to Earth distance experiments, including astronomy from two long range reference points. Also need a Venus or Sol orbit solar satellite with a massive capacitor on it for doing obscenely high power experiments.
- rocqua 6y agoWhat would you want studied with that satellite? Which forces? afaik gravity is pretty well studied by predicting the planets
- dumbfoundded 6y agoGravity is poorly tested at the smallest scales: https://arxiv.org/pdf/1408.3588.pdf https://arxiv.org/pdf/1408.3588.pdf . Perhaps space based experiments could help. I also think astronomy would greatly improve.
- mhh__ 6y agoWhat long range forces? Almost all probes that go a long way away can (and are) used to test general relativity. The energy levels needed to brute force more interesting physics is quite possibly beyond being achievable by humanity. I don't know enough Quantum Field Theory to calculate it on the spot but I have read that to detect any gravitons at all we would need a planet sized detector orbiting closely around a black hole
- sporkologist 6y ago> obscenely high power experiments Like the energy released when 2 black holes collide? We're going to need a bigger capacitor.