  urlLink Will gravity theory hold up in space? | csmonitor.com : "A controversial space mission that will try to provide the most precise test yet of Einstein's ideas about gravity and space is set to launch next week. The spacecraft, the size of a delivery van, will try to take direct measurements of two predictions from Einstein's theory of general relativity.
First, it will gauge how a massive object - Earth - warps space around it. Second, it will test for the first time whether Earth's rotation drags the fabric of space nearby, much like a top twirling on a small cloth drags the cloth into a pinwheel pattern. " While you're over in the CSM neighborhood, read urlLink this story about turning a continent into a telescope . 
