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Artwork by Barron Storey of Gravity Probe B:

Key Technologies and Spinoffs

To turn Schiff’s idea into a reality, the Gravity Probe B team needed to invent and verify several new technologies in both physics and engineering. One example was the porous plug—a device designed to control the superfluid helium from escaping from the outlet of the dewar once on orbit.

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