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Wait, didn't the principal scientist resign as a result of the media hype storm? Yes... http://news.discovery.com/space/opera-leaders-resign-after-no-confidenc

• quux 14y ago
  Yes he was sacked, but here's the important quote from that article: Even Ereditato never claimed that their work had overturned Einstein. "I would never say that," he told Science last September. "We are forced to say something. We could not sweep it under the carpet, because that would be dishonest."