Astronomy/Mustang?

[Jason_Leone at amat.com]

<<<This principle caused him to propose that light is bent by
the sun, and although that particular experiment was flawed, it's been
established since that gravity does in fact cause light to bend.>

<You mention that the Sun warps space...
If Space is a LACK of everything, thus meaning that it is truly NOTHING,
then how can NOTHING be WARPED??>>>

I didn't read the beginning of this thread, but I'd deduce that you've never
heard of "Dark Matter". Dark Matter is the term used to describe the "nothing"
of outer space, and it's been accepted that over 90% of the Universe is composed
of Dark Matter. Astronomers can't really positively determine what it's composed
of yet, but we know it exists by the way it bends light coming from VERY distant
galaxies (like ones 4 billion+ light years away, on the fringe of Hubble's
optical limits). It's an astronomy thing, but it has far reaching implications
beyond that particular scientific field. Also, the top post eludes to the fact
that in space, the shortest distance between two points is actually a curved
line. Newton vs. Einstein will be decided in space, when Gravity Probe B gets
launched (late '99 or '00?). For info on Gravity Probe B (kick ass experiments)
check out http://einstein.stanford.edu/gen_int/story_of_gpb/gpbstory1.html

Anybody get their new Summit catalog in the mail? How about that "QuickStang"
car? Pretty damn ugly, but capable of 1000hp. BTW, what was the name of that
800hp, 10L Ford Mustang purpose built by SVT a couple years ago? That car set
the 0-100-0 record...in about 11.3 seconds or so. Yikes.

Jason
'93 SLC