Dear Professor,
The consequences of Michelson and Morley's experiment still haunt all of physics.
This fundamental experiment has been performed many times, but always within the Earth reference frame. There are many uses of interferometers and associated spectrometers in Space, but they are never performed specifically to highlight any relative motion.
It is unthinkable that such a fundamental experiment has not yet been verified outside the Earth's reference frame!
In 1972, the late Dr. Carl Zapffe sent a letter to NASA proposing to test the basis of Einstein’s theory of relativity by placing a Michelson type interferometer in outer space. He sent a second letter of 1980 to NASA Administrator Dr. Robert Frosch. Both letters receive a negative answer.
The Zapffe theory involves an influence of the Earth magnetic field on the measurements done with the Morley and Michelson interferometer. Pr. David Tombe issued a report about the requests of Dr Zapffe and explained that his letters to NASA was unclear and his theory not that easy to understand.
As all alternative theories are rejected by the mainstream, the proposal of flying a Michelson interferometer in outer space should be based only on the intention to check the Lorentz formulas outside the reference frame of the Earth.
The best would be that the satellite bearing the interferometer turns around the Sun in the opposite direction of the Earth.
This is a related short video:
Michelson and Morley experiment in Space
The text of the video is attached.
Best regards!
Jean de Climont
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