News Flash: NASA to Launch New Technology Today to Search for Parallel Universes

Daily Galaxy ^ | 3/21/11 | Casey Kazan

[LibWhacker]

The image at bottom of page [click source link to see picture] shows the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer-2 ("AMS-02") canister being rotated to the vertical position ready for the final lift to the launch pad, scheduled for today, Monday, the 21st of March. Sam Ting Principal Investigator for the experiment hopes that it will provide data that proves the existence of parallel universes that are composed of anti-matter --- discoveries could verify theories and answer basic questions regarding how the universe formed.

"The idea of multiple universes is more than a fantastic invention --- it appears naturally within several scientific theories, and deserves to be taken seriously" according to Aurelien Barrau, a French particle physicist at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN).

According to Ting, the experiment has already accrued data as it awaited its launch date. Scheduled to fly aboard the final flight of the space shuttle Endeavour, STS-134, AMS-02 will search through cosmic rays for exotic particles, anti-matter and dark matter. The experiment will be mounted to the outside of the International Space Station (ISS) and will require no spacewalks to attach.

While Ting has certain things that he hopes to discover, he believes that the most exciting questions are those that scientists don't even know to ask yet.

The particles that the 7.5 ton experiment is currently registering have had some of their qualities removed by the abrasive nature of Earth’s atmosphere. This problem will be solved after Feb. 26 when the AMS-02 is delivered to its new home on the space station’s S3 truss assembly. From its high vantage point it is hoped that the experiment will open new windows into particle physics and cause a revolution in our understanding of the universe.

Ting hopes that AMS-02 will provide data that proves the existence of parallel universes that are composed of anti-matter. It is also hoped that the experiment will also discover particles that contain magnetic and electric particles that are exactly the opposite of ordinary particles --- discoveries could verify theories and answer basic questions regarding how the universe formed such as that of Burt Ovrut, professor of theoretical high energy physics at the University of Pennsylvania and pioneer of the use of M-theory to explain the Big bang without the presence of a singularity.

Ovrut and colleagues imagine two branes, universes like ours, separated by a tiny gap as tiny as 10-32 meters. There would be no communictaion between the two universes except for our parallel sister universe's gravitational pull, which could cross the tiny gap.

Orvut's theory could explain the effect of dark matter where areas of the universe are heavier than they should be, given everything that's present. With Ovrut's theory, the nagging problems surrounding the Big Bang (beginning from what, and caused how?) are replaced by an eternal cosmic cycle where dark energy is no longer a mysterious unknown quantity, but rather the very extra gravitational force that drives the universe to universe (brane-brane) interaction.

Up until AMS-02, mankind’s understanding of cosmic rays has been limited to measuring light gathered in telescopes such as the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). This experiment will be the first time that charged particles can be studied in the cold vacuum of space –-- away from the distorting influence of Earth’s turbulent atmosphere.

The AMS-02 P.I. is also hoping to find out what dark matter is made of. This material is believed to be the “glue” that holds the universe together. Mankind’s understanding of cosmic rays has been limited to measuring light gathered in telescopes such as the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). This experiment will be the first time that charged particles can be studied in the cold vacuum of space –-- away from the distorting influence of Earth’s opaque atmosphere.

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Casey Kazan

Sources:

http://ams02project.jsc.nasa.gov/

http://www.ams02.org/

http://www1.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/AMS-02.html

http://ams-02project.jsc.nasa.gov/http://www.ams02.org/http://www1.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/AMS-02.html

[massgopguy]

A Parallel Universe? Ah yes, the one where Spock has a beard.

[MNDude]

sadly I predict that in fifty years no one will believe that we actually landed on the moon.
It’s already seeming hard to comprehend that it was our grandparent’s generation that did this.

[steve86]

universes like ours, separated by a tiny gap as tiny as 10-32 meters.

Anywheres between ten and thirty-two meters. You could kick a soccer ball across that gap. /sarc

[DManA]

Muslims ARE in a parallel universe.

[oh8eleven]

NASA =

[martin_fierro]

Sam Ting Principal Investigator for the experiment hopes that it will provide data that proves the existence of parallel universes that are composed of anti-matter

Samting funny going on here.

[LibWhacker]

BUMP!

[LibWhacker]

Good point. And to those who disagree, I’d add that I find this infinitely more exciting than watching a race between the USSR (essentially a backward oxcart society) and the USA to see who could put a colonel on the moon first.

[LibWhacker]

lol

[Strategerist]

Well, other than that confirmation of the existence of parallel universes would be the greatest discovery in the history of mankind, sure.

[al_c]

[DannyTN]

Dibs on any parallel universe stocked with above average women and/or green skinned onion dancers.

[Cheetahcat]

Good maybe Obhaha documents will be found there.

[mikrofon]

"The idea of multiple universes is more than a fantastic invention . . . and deserves to be taken seriously" according to Aurelien Barrau, a French particle physicist

Roll out the Barrau...

[kitkat]

***sadly I predict that in fifty years no one will believe that we actually landed on the moon.***

Now that’s silly. You’re just sore because you didn’t get your government hand out of green cheese. Calling Johnny Mouse, calling Johnny Mouse.

[Windflier]

Granted, it’s not as exciting. But the space program never promised to reshape our understanding of fundamental physics. This could.

Sure, but what's the National Aeronautic and Space Administration got to do with it?

[Windflier]

...hard to comprehend that it was our grandparent’s generation that did this.

I was about to call you a young whippersnapper until I realized that I was 17 when they landed on the moon. Even my dad was under 30 at the time, and he's 80 now.

You're right. It really was that long ago. Geeez...

[LibWhacker]

I was 17 when they landed on the moon. Even my dad was under 30...

Wow, that means he was no more than 12 years old when you were born. Are you the oldest?

[Windflier]

Wow, that means he was no more than 12 years old when you were born. Are you the oldest?

Yeah, the men in my family have rather hot motors. LOL

Sheesh, how'd I screw that up?

Now you see? This is why our folks messed up Hubble's mirror. Can't add for sh!t. LOL