A Beginner's View of Our Electric Universe - New

One such very expensive experiment was set up to detect so-called ‘Frame Dragging’. This is what is said to be
happening as the Earth rotates in its own 'gravity hole' from where it supposedly ‘drags’ surrounding space-time
around with it. You will not be surprised to learn that this kind of experiment cannot be done cheaply or easily,
and one of the options pursued has indeed been to carry an experiment out into space. At the start of that project,
money was spent on existing space probe missions in an attempt to see if their data or data archives could
provide proof of frame dragging - this came up with nothing. Later, funding for a more tailored attempt was
provided in 2004 for the space probe mission “Gravity Probe B” [3-4] . Still, no evidence of frame dragging was
found. A substantial amount of money had therefore been spent on the project with no result, with the outcome
being that the fundamental theories upon which it is built have taken a very serious knock. This situation reflects
badly on Einstein’s ideas and the extent to which some scientists have been determined (and allowed) to pursue
work that seems now to have had very shaky foundations in the first place. One might say “it's okay to say this
in hindsight” and I would say in response, this is not the way to look at it. This is because we have an example
here of project work founded on known questionable theories as the basis on which to seek valuable funding. It
is obvious, however, that these project proposals have been presented so cleverly to the purse holders in astroscience,
that they henceforth allowed them to become exceptionally well-funded projects. This is an example of
building a telescope to see something that only exists in the minds of theoreticians.
… A ground-based experiment known as LIGO [3-5] (Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory) was
set up in 1992 to detect what are known as ‘gravity waves’. These waves are thought to be ‘ripples’ in the fabric
of space-time, and the claim is that they should be detectable. Over many years since the LIGO project started,
major experiments have been run many times at various locations across the world and hundreds of scientists
from high profile scientific institutions have been involved. Their sensing equipment has often been left in its
detection mode for more than complete years at a time … and nothing has ever been found. Nevertheless, they
remain convinced of their theories and continue to be supported very nicely by public funds.
There has also in the past been a great deal of work done and money spent on a spacecraft mission called LISA
(Laser Interferometer Space Antenna) – at least, this was up until the project's recent expensive cancellation.
The 3 probes involved in this mission would have flown in strict formation with 5 million kilometres between
them in another attempt to detect the gravity waves that the LIGO experiments have failed for almost 20 years to
find. One does wonder what stories are manufactured by financially astute project heads to sell their ideas to the
decision makers. The science at the root of this gravity wave issue is being questioned, and again, this reflects
badly on Einstein’s theories and no alternative ideas are being considered.
… In relation to the dark matter I mentioned earlier, an experiment known as CDMS [3-6] (Cryogenic Dark
Matter Search) was set up in 2002 to prove the existence of that illusive commodity by searching for the particle
it was thought at the time to consist of - this being called a ‘WIMP’ (Weakly Interacting Massive Particle.)
Again, nothing has been found and lots of money and resources have apparently gone down the drain.
47 | We are waiting for answers to these questions