It sure takes quite a while for impatient people like us to see the final results.
Of course, they are being careful; they want to avoid blunders through premature announcements. (Think about the premature announcements about cold fusion, or polywater!)
>Here is the news from the Gravity Probe B folks:
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Difference in opinions hath cost many millions of lives: for instance, whether flesh be bread, or bread be flesh; whether whistling be a vice or a virtue; whether it be better to kiss a post, or throw it into the fire... (from Gulliver's Travels)