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Re:Second Gravitational Wave Detected at LIGO by adrianN on Thursday June 16, 2016 @03:06AM (#11914516)
"The Drag-free Satellite", the paper referenced in the Wikpedia article is from 1964, slightly older than SG1.

Also, your comment would be much nicer without the first sentence. And if you think about it, umbrellas are pretty neat. The folding mechanism is nifty, if you ask me.

Re:Second Gravitational Wave Detected at LIGO by nannal on Thursday June 16, 2016 @04:35AM (#11914790)
look at this idiot, he can find beauty in elegant mechanisms!
Re:Second Gravitational Wave Detected at LIGO by stephengillie on Sunday June 19, 2016 @02:41AM (#11932056)
It's so beautifully elegant to hold it aloft with your outstretched arm.