To: Calvin Locke
PBS ran a series in honor of Einstein's 100th, and the US Navy did indeed take a matched pair of cesium clocks, and fly one of them around for a while, and yes, the one in the air "slowed".Interesting, but still inconclusive it seems to me. If there are competeing effects, perhaps the one that slows it down at higher altitude wins. All the variables would not have been accounted for in that experiment, presuming it was conducted as you just said.
I'm not trying to be stubborn, just trying to understand it.
63 posted on
03/25/2006 4:19:39 PM PST by
lafroste
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To: lafroste
I'm not trying to be stubborn, just trying to understand it. Help me understand where you're trying to go. Are you suggesting that changes in time cause gravity changes, rather than the other way around?
64 posted on
03/25/2006 4:34:30 PM PST by
PatrickHenry
(Yo momma's so fat she's got a Schwarzschild radius.)
To: lafroste
So you get
n pairs of clocks and experiment to your heart's content. Use one of the extra-constant pulsars as a control.
Atomic clocks are getting cheaper. There's that "grain of rice" sized atomic oscillator that will put "atomic" precision in every watch and pc.
Okay, probably not that precise for measuring deltas in any reasonable timeframe.
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