[NewCandle] Martin Tajmar update

[John Winterflood]

Hi Keith, All,

Sorry for my lack of involvement, there have been quite a few things I 
would have liked to comment on, but I just don't have enough time these 
days.

Keith wrote:
> Still catching up on my xxx.lanl.gov reading. I noticed that
> Martin Tajmar had published something last June; here's
> the abstract.
>
> http://lanl.arxiv.org/abs/0806.2271
>
> He seems to be recanting on the earlier claim that the 
> superconductor is the active agent in his gravitomagnetism
> experiments. From the experiments presented in this paper
> he concludes the effect is being caused by the vortex of
> rotating liquid helium created by the rotating ring.
>
> Unfortunately, Earthtechs website does not seem to update
> with new information about their replication attempt...
>
> http://www.earthtech.org/experiments/tajmar/
>
> Anyone know what's going on there?
>   
Yes I have heard from both Scott and Michael recently very briefly on 
this topic.  I am sure there was nothing confidential in our exchange 
and so I will pass on the gist of it.  They were very interested and 
excited about the experiment at the start but as they delved into it 
they found the data inconsistent and unconvincing.  They seem to have 
mothballed the experiment until Martin (Tajmar) can provide them with 
better data that seems worth the effort of replication.  Michael's dim 
recollection is that the "Tajmar effect" apparently diminished by around 
an order of magnitude with improvements in equipment - and Martin's 
"Predictions" have adjusted to match the reduced signal (again as best 
Michael can remember).  I have copied both Scott and Michael in this 
post so that they may correct me in case I have misrepresented.

John