New Antigravity Solution Could Enable Space Travel Near Speed of Light
Date: Monday, February 13, 2006 @ 20:03:58 GMT
Topic: Science
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.
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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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