Cdowwe Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 http://www.physorg.com/news10789.html New antigravity solution will enable space travel near speed of light by the end of this century, he predicts. 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. 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonard Washington Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 so i would assume this antigravity beam is also relative to the mass of the object moving approaching the speed of light? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cdowwe Posted February 15, 2006 Author Share Posted February 15, 2006 so i would assume this antigravity beam is also relative to the mass of the object moving approaching the speed of light? I dunno, just thought it was interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 Very very cool. Warp speed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mooka Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 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. Awesome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevenaa Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 Very very cool.Warp speed! Or is it "near warp speed". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ignatius J. Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 it's very likely that this article is written by someone who doesn't know what they are looking at, either that or the research itself is highly questionable. Statements like: "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. " represent a serious misunderstanding of the general theory of relativity, since relativity says that every object is traveling near the speed of light in the appropriate reference frame. I'd take this with a heavy grain of salt guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raub Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 Copycat. I did that last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cskin Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 Cool.... identify where you want to go and then use the "beam" to pull yourself towards it. Now... stopping once you get there is another thing... unless your objective is to becomme "bug on windshield" like. :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Punani2 Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 "Mr Spock, That just might work sir!" "The sh*t worked last week mofo!!!!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrockster21 Posted February 16, 2006 Share Posted February 16, 2006 Make it so! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redskins Diehard Posted February 16, 2006 Share Posted February 16, 2006 Very very cool.Warp speed! Or is it Ludicrous Speed?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOF44 Posted February 16, 2006 Share Posted February 16, 2006 it's very likely that this article is written by someone who doesn't know what they are looking at, either that or the research itself is highly questionable. Statements like:"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. " represent a serious misunderstanding of the general theory of relativity, since relativity says that every object is traveling near the speed of light in the appropriate reference frame. I'd take this with a heavy grain of salt guys. I agree, it sounds bogus. Besides if this were true I wonder if it would be put into the public arena. If the Government had a say I would think this would be area 51 stuff, but maybe they don't. I hope its true but don't think it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpillian Posted February 16, 2006 Share Posted February 16, 2006 Janes did an article on government "black" Special Access Projects a few years back -- the sort of stuff that funded stealth and the like. It's interesting, because it seems that a lot of technology appears first in the public realm, and before it makes it big -- is then swallowed by one of these SAPs -- where the concepts are brought through the whole development life cycle -- and we in the public are only brought back into the loop several decades later. I've long thought that was probably the case with the whole Strategic Defense Initiative which Reagan initiated in the 80's -- which supposedly met an untimely funding demise; and then suddenly the National Missile Deffense systems comes to life around 2000 just as the ABM treaty with Russia is about to expire. And just as we are about to want to start to do real world testing of the NMD. Anyways, I have no idea concerning the science of this whole schpiel -- but I wouldn't dismiss the government's interest in it just because it is currently in the public domain. If it really works, you'll see a retraction of the study in the near future and a disclaimer from the scientist that it was all bogus... and then 20 years from now you'll have speed of light travel just suddenly show up from seemingly out of nowhere :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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