At the same time we hope to find the flaw so we can make the epochal breakthrough. We're not trying to prove Einstein, we're trying to prove Einstein wrong. In the meantime let's take a few more measurements; we'll need an Atlas 5, a few technicians and hangar space for a couple years, some CPU time, and a Hughes chair at Columbia wouldn't hurt the career.
absolutely. go for it. (seriously, we do need more cash)
but don’t forget the chicks to keep the spirits up either, a necessary and underutilized scientific resource. (grin)
but the ladies don’t get too turned on by mechanical pencils or Matlab printouts, but yeah, that Chair you mentioned, there is this grad student in the lab, she is...well...she might go for a guy with that Hughes Chair. (grin)