[Dean's World] Dave Price: Artificial Gravity a Reality?

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Posted by Dave Price:
Artificial Gravity a Reality?
http://www.deanesmay.com/posts/1143235878.shtml


   So the ESA [1]claims. And it apparently doesn't follow general
   relativity's predictions.

     It demonstrates that a superconductive gyroscope is capable of
     generating a powerful gravitomagnetic field, and is therefore the
     gravitational counterpart of the magnetic coil. Depending on
     further confirmation, this effect could form the basis for a new
     technological domain, which would have numerous applications in
     space and other high-tech sectors" says de Matos. Although just 100
     millionths of the acceleration due to the Earth=E2s gravitational
     field, the measured field is a surprising one hundred million
     trillion times larger than Einstein=E2s General Relativity predicts.
     Initially, the researchers were reluctant to believe their own
     results.
     "We ran more than 250 experiments, improved the facility over 3
     years and discussed the validity of the results for 8 months before
     making this announcement. Now we are confident about the
     measurement," says Tajmar, who performed the experiments and hopes
     that other physicists will conduct their own versions of the
     experiment in order to verify the findings and rule out a facility
     induced effect.

   I've wondered for awhile if sooner or later we wouldn't find a
   revision of relativity necessary, mostly because it doesn't mesh with
   quantum mechanics and implies time travel is possible.

References

   1. http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/GSP/SEM0L6OVGJE_0.html