Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2004 16:33:24 -0400
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>
From: Larry Pfeffer <pfefferl at mail.nih.gov>
Subject: [WSFA] WSFA: Gravity Probe B no launch status news, yet.
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>

At 04:07 PM 4/19/2004 -0400, you wrote:
>Gravity Probe B was to have been launched at 12:57 pm EDT or at 1:01
>pm EDT today <snip>  I'm still trying to find word on whether it was
>launched, and if so, whether the launch was successful.

No news re launch sucess/failure/delay yet at einstein.stanford.edu
(nor elsewhere that I can google.)

I've got my fingers crossed especially for this one.
Is it just me, or are many otherwise-rational folks effectively
superstitious regarding things technical and/or Murphy's law(s)?

If the launch goes wrong, there will be serious unhappiness at Stanford,
among other places  (Two of my advisors {Dan DeBra and Robert Cannon, Jr.}
were involved in developing GPB -- particularly the spherical,
superconducting gyros and their electrostatic suspension.

Lawrence Pfeffer, Ph.D.  (Larry),
Engineer, NIH/NIMH, Research Services Branch,
pfefferl at mail.nih.gov
301.435.3530   FAX: 301.435.3537