Space/Science — HabitableZone

Space/Science » in reply to Study of the anomalous acceleration of Pioneer 10 and 11

Probably could have expected something like this.

It seems to me that with every 2 or 3 magnitude improvement in the ability to measure anything, whether it's speed, distance, size, whatever, some new forces or other phenomema are revealed.

After a whilke the theorists catch up, and then we believe we now have the definitive, elegant description of the Universe. And the physicists and engineers refine the measurements, and we head back to the theorists to explain things again.

Kinda neat. I have to admit I've gone from wanting to have it all nailed down to being a bit thrilled with the awareness that we ain't gonna know it all.

Arf

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