<blockquote id="quote"><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by Astrodelugeologist</i>
<br />Tom, how does frame dragging fit into the Meta Model, if at all?<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote"></font id="quote">It would take the form of "elysium dragging", which is mathematically similar.
It is curious that this result is released at just this time. An expensive satellite, Gravity Probe B, was launched earlier in the year for the main purpose of testing frame dragging. The expense could not have been justified if an alternative way to test was already available.
But so far, technical problems have interfered with GPB's experiment. This new result using Lageos satellites appears to undercut the rationale for having Gravity Probe B at all. So I wonder if this result was rushed to press to beat any potential GPB result next year, or if it was intended to soften the blow if GPB is a complete failure. -|Tom|-
