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That is again just the clock going haywire.
by mkagenius 11y ago
That is again just the clock going haywire.
- soneil 11y agoIt's the clocks on all 24 GPS satellites, all 24 Glonass satellites, and the 8 (so far) Galileo satellites, all going "haywire" by precisely the amount predicted by a theory developed before the first satellite went into space. And it's not a paltry amount - if we didn't understand and plan for this amount, the GPS system would have an error drift of 10km (~6 miles) per day
- augustl 11y agoNo, it's an attribute of time itself, not mechanical clock issues. I _highly_ recommend the book "About Time" http://www.amazon.com/About-Time-Einsteins-Unfinished-Revolution/dp/0684818221 http://www.amazon.com/About-Time-Einsteins-Unfinished-Revolu...