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Subject: Quartz Gyroscopes in Space? - (nf)
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Date: Thu, 23-Aug-84 09:20:00 EDT
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In the book Einstein's Universe by Nigel Calder an experiment using
four quartz spheres as gyroscopes is mentioned as a package
to be sent up on the space shuttle.  The spheres are meant to measure 
the "dragging" of space by the earth and were being prepared by a group
at Stanford.  Have these gone up on any of the shuttle flights?  If
not when are they due to be sent up?

Jerry Heuring
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