Einstein’s space test
April 5, 2004
EINSTEIN’S Theory of Relativity is about to be put to the test in orbit.
ANASA-funded satellite will be launched in two weeks to examine two of his predictions about space and time.
By using four spinning balls, the Gravity Probe B will test how space and time are warped by the presence of the Earth and how our planet’s rotation twists and drags space-time around with it.
Einstein first made the proposal in 1916.