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FrostedFlake -> RE: A rational discussion on the merits of various ship designs in Sci Fi (3/24/2014 11:26:21 PM)
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One of the coolest things out there is polluted glass. It has the remarkable property of allowing current to flow just one way. Sandwich two bits, and you have either a positive-negative-positive, or an n-p-n. This configuration has the remarkable ability to control a lot with a little. That is a deal you don't get very often. And that is what is wrong with my post, #59. Where does the energy equivalent to the mass of the Universe come from?
It doesn't come out of my starship fuel, that is for damn sure. There isn't enough of it. By about a million billion trillion orders of magnitude. Yet the energy seems to be there when I back into it. WTF, over?
What we are looking at here is the breakdown of general relativity under extreme conditions. My ship didn't just become a black hole, it crashed into the entire rest of the universe. That just is not going to happen. Relativity is an inadequate theory that cannot really explain the Universe, its' beginning, its' end, or many of the objects and effects already observed in it. You can use the theory to construct an atomic bomb. But you can't use it to design a faster than light stardrive. In light of limitations already demonstrated, we have to keep an open mind and try to feel what's real. And I have now a take on things that might solve the problems I earlier in this thread alluded to and pull the proverbial rabbit out by the ears.
Electrogravidics (remember the thread is sci-fi) is said by some to be a physical effect whereby gravity is altered electromagnetically. Some sources rumor the Roswell craft had a laminated aluminum / beryllium hull. The classic flying saucer has a metal hull and no apparent thruster. The classic saucer can also change speed or direction incredibly quickly and also hang there in the air just exactly the way a brick doesn't. And they ALL come from VERY far away. These things point at electrogravidics.
The chief advantage is, the craft is not being accelerated. Space is being bent. A hole in gravity is being temporarily created for the craft to fall into. That hole can be placed in any desired direction from the craft. It can be moved to any other direction at will. It can be arbitrarily deep. This means the craft can move in any direction at any time at any speed. Without the craft or crew ever feeling the acceleration. Because every atom, particle and wave in the field effect is accelerated at the same time, the same amount, the same direction. In addition to matter, the field will affect radiation. Bend light. Therefore extreme speed need not blueshift radiation as the craft approaches. The craft therefore need not be strong to be durable. Neither the crew.
Further, two such craft in formation need only use one engine. The gravity effect doesn't care how much mass it pulls. Or pushes. Or whatever. Two thousand such craft lined up like the classic cigar shaped craft would still need only one motor. And only one steering wheel. Presumably, that would be the motor of the biggest craft, and presumably it would also be the rearmost. That last bit, because no one ever noticed a saucer leaping into the air towing a bunch of dirt and rocks. So that would mean the effect would have to be terminated at the motor itself.
Cow tipping is a topic for another thread.
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