SAN DIEGO, Feb. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- 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 (full, annotated bio available upon
request)
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.
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