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Really confused about what they are attempting to test under the tabletop configuration. It seems like their hypothesis needs to be tested in the middle of spa
by omgitstom 12y ago
Really confused about what they are attempting to test under the tabletop configuration.
It seems like their hypothesis needs to be tested in the middle of space away from the gravitational force of the sun and earth. If your calculations are off by a factor of 10^120, then making the test 1000 times more sensitive isn't going to help either.
Wouldn't scientists have had evidence of this being the case with the pioneer 11/10 anomaly? There was a slight deceleration that couldn't be accounted for, if dark energy was present in a vacuum wouldn't the pioneer probes (and the voyager probes now) show an acceleration that matches initial calculations?
- JoeAltmaier 12y agoWasn't the Pioneer anomaly explained as light pressure from the infrared coming from their own power supply?
- omgitstom 12y agoIt was, the thermal recoil force! It is either that, or back to the drawing board for a 3rd attempt at calculating gravity. Humans have sent a few satellites in deep space now, in a vacuum, away from matter. Thinking of the chameleon effect, I would believe scientist should see the presence of a force accelerating these craft that can not be explained easily by gravity? The anomaly should be acceleration, not deceleration.