It's a bit nuts that gravity has such a significant effect on a cosmic scale when it's by far the weakest of the forces. Gravity is 46 orders of magnitude weaker than the electrostatic force. That's a 1 with 46 zeros after it times weaker. You can demonstrate this by lifting a paperclip off a table with a small magnet. All the gravity generated by an entire planet is no match for a tiny magnet and the magnet wins.
But because gravity doesn't trail off over a distance as much as the other forces, it completely dominates on a large scale.
Sounds like a complicated idea but they're really just substituting the number 3 with a bigger number in all the equations. It doesn't appear to be working out too well but it's a nice idea.
You can work with m-dimensional arrays in software where m>3 but it hurts ones head. But that's just indexing data - you don't have to try and visualise it.
It's really just doubling down on the mathematical universe. It's where the physics has led us, but in this case it might not be quite right. The idea is, but maybe doing it with a dimensional focus isn't quite right. Whatever the next theory, it'll still be a bunch of equations.
They seem intent on incorporating GR into QM, which sort of makes sense because QM "explains" everything but gravity (more or less), but I wish they'd try it the other way around.
I once proposed this idea at uni and the silence in the room was something to behold. You could practically see the tumbleweed rolling past and I never mentioned it again.
After India and Japan, "private company" becomes the third entity to successfully soft-land a probe on the moon this century, and fifth overall.
Some other "huh, neat" bits of the Odysseus mission:
- It's the first American thing to reach the moon in 50 years.
- It's partly intended to test landing gubbins on the moon in preparation for the planned Artemis moon base.
- It's the first spacecraft to navigate between the Earth and moon using 'methalox', or methane with liquid oxygen, propulsion.
For those with an open mind, wonders always await! - Kilton (monster enthusiast)