It occurred to me that it would be very funny if it was none of the above... what if it was aether. Heheheheh. :)
Perhaps the Michelson-Morley experiment has another explanation. :)
I'm mostly kidding... but...
If the aether exists throughout space, but is affected by gravity then it might retard slightly the spacecraft but have negligible effect on more massive objects (like planets). Being drawn in by the sun it would have a constant retarding effect on both sides of the sun because such an aether might have little relative motion within the solar system. It would be interesting to see what results an interferometer would produce if put on a distant spacecraft. Hmmm... I wonder if any current spacecraft use interferometers that can be rotated toward and away from the Sun...
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Re: All three?
Date: 2005-08-07 01:00 am (UTC)Perhaps the Michelson-Morley experiment has another explanation. :)
I'm mostly kidding... but...
If the aether exists throughout space, but is affected by gravity then it might retard slightly the spacecraft but have negligible effect on more massive objects (like planets). Being drawn in by the sun it would have a constant retarding effect on both sides of the sun because such an aether might have little relative motion within the solar system. It would be interesting to see what results an interferometer would produce if put on a distant spacecraft. Hmmm... I wonder if any current spacecraft use interferometers that can be rotated toward and away from the Sun...