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New Antigravity Solution Could Enable Space Travel Near Speed of Light
Posted on Monday, February 13, 2006 @ 20:03:58 UTC by vlad
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Anonymous writes: New Exact Solution of Einstein’s Gravitational Field Equation Discovered By Physicist Franklin Felber Will Revolutionize Space Propulsion by Enabling Low-Cost Propulsion Near Speed of Light
SAN DIEGO – Feb. 13, 2006 – On Tuesday, Feb. 14, noted physicist Dr. Franklin Felber will present his new exact solution of Einstein’s 90-year-old gravitational field equation to the Space Technology and Applications International Forum (STAIF) in Albuquerque. The solution is the first that accounts for masses moving near the speed of light.
Felber’s antigravity discovery solves the two greatest engineering challenges to space travel near the speed of light: identifying an energy source capable of producing the acceleration; and limiting stresses on humans and equipment during rapid acceleration.
“Dr. Felber’s research will revolutionize space flight mechanics by
offering an entirely new way to send spacecraft into flight,” said Dr.
Eric Davis, Institute for Advanced Studies at Austin and STAIF peer
reviewer of Felber’s work. “His rigorously tested and truly unique
thinking has taken us a huge step forward in making near-speed-of-light
space travel safe, possible, and much less costly.”
The field
equation of Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity has never before
been solved to calculate the gravitational field of a mass moving close
to the speed of light. Felber’s research shows that any mass moving
faster than 57.7 percent of the speed of light will gravitationally
repel other masses lying within a narrow ‘antigravity beam’ in front of
it. The closer a mass gets to the speed of light, the stronger its
‘antigravity beam’ becomes.
Felber’s calculations show how to use
the repulsion of a body speeding through space to provide the enormous
energy needed to accelerate massive payloads quickly with negligible
stress. The new solution of Einstein’s field equation shows that the
payload would ‘fall weightlessly’ in an antigravity beam even as it was
accelerated close to the speed of light.
Accelerating a 1-ton
payload to 90 percent of the speed of light requires an energy of at
least 30 billion tons of TNT. In the ‘antigravity beam’ of a speeding
star, a payload would draw its energy from the antigravity force of the
much more massive star. In effect, the payload would be hitching a ride
on a star.
“Based on this research, I expect a mission to
accelerate a massive payload to a ‘good fraction of light speed’ will
be launched before the end of this century,” said Dr. Felber. “These
antigravity solutions of Einstein’s theory can change our view of our
ability to travel to the far reaches of our universe.”
More
immediately, Felber’s new solution can be used to test Einstein’s
theory of gravity at low cost in a storage-ring laboratory facility by
detecting antigravity in the unexplored regime of near-speed-of-light
velocities.
Starmark Inc.
Starmark, Inc.
provides government and corporate clients with advanced research and
development services in aerospace/defense sciences, health sciences,
and homeland security. Since 1987, the company has researched and
produced groundbreaking advances for organizations including the U.S.
Air Force, the U.S. Marine Corps, the Defense Threat Reduction Agency,
the Missile Defense Agency, the National Institutes of Health, and
other defense contractors.
About Dr. Franklin Felber
During
his 30-year career, Dr. Felber has led physics research and development
programs for the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps, the Defense
Advanced Research Projects Agency, the Defense Threat Reduction Agency,
the Department of Energy and Department of Transportation, the National
Institute of Justice, National Institutes of Health, and national
laboratories. Dr. Felber is Vice President and Co-founder of Starmark.
See also: http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/content/?id=4292
and: New Exact Solutions of Differential Equations Derived by Fractional Calculus
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STAIF 2006 (Score: 1)
by vlad on Monday, February 13, 2006 @ 20:16:08 UTC
(User Info | Send a Message) http://www.zpenergy.com | "Embarking on the New Age of Exploration Together""
* 23rd Symposium on Space Nuclear Power and Propulsion
* 10th Conference on Thermophysics Applications in Microgravity
* 4th Conference on Human/Robotic Technology and the National Vision for Space Exploration
* 4th Conference on Space Colonization
* 3rd Symposium on New Frontiers and Future Concepts
The Space Technology and Applications
International Forum (STAIF) will take place in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA, at
the Hilton Albuquerque Hotel. STAIF, a major international technical forum
hosting five concurrent conferences is organized by the University of New
Mexico's Institute for Space and Nuclear Power Studies (UNM-ISNPS). This forum
promotes international participation and provides for a timely exchange of
information among technologists, academicians, industrialists, and program
managers on technical and programmatic issues related to inexpensive access to
space and space commercialization, exploration, and the potential for performing
scientific research and developing new technologies. STAIF is attended by
high-level representatives from industry, government agencies, and institutes of
higher education, both nationally and internationally and co-sponsored by
several professional engineering societies.
The STAIF-2006 proceedings will be published
and the meeting registration fee includes a copy of the proceedings on CD-ROM.
Government, aerospace industry and
universities are invited to exhibit and present papers at this conference.
Questions can be directed to UNM-ISNPS by: isnps@unm.edu, phone: (505) 277-0446, fax: (505)
277-2814, or by consulting the ISNPS home page at: http://www.unm.edu/~isnps [www.unm.edu]. The
Forum Technical & Publication Chair is Regents' Professor Mohamed S.
El-Genk, Director of the Institute for Space and Nuclear Power Studies at the University of New Mexico [www.unm.edu].
Major functions and activities at STAIF are
sponsored by industry and government organizations. Organizations interested in
sponsoring the awards banquet, coffee breaks, reception, or to support the Forum
as a whole should contact Mary Bragg at (505)
277-4950 for more information.
The outreach component for STAIF is the New
Mexico Space Design Competition. |
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Re: New Antigravity Solution Could Enable Space Travel Near Speed of Light (Score: 1)
by ElectroDynaCat on Tuesday, February 14, 2006 @ 21:28:19 UTC
(User Info | Send a Message) | Hey! What about generating the energy its going to take to actually travel that fast?
Looks like we have the horse/cart dilemma again. |
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