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   XPost: alt.alien.visitors, alt.sci.physics.new-theories   
   From: dalton@nfld.com   
      
   On Apr 3, 2019, Rayven Isadore Payne wrote   
   (in article):   
      
   > Generating gravitational fields necessary for warp drives is actually   
   > fairly simple. That doesn't mean it's easy - it's not. There are   
   > certain other "prerequisite" technolgies you must master first, and   
   > they will open the door for you. It works essentially the same as an   
   > electric dynamo.   
   >   
   > What you need is a dense bit of mass. And by "dense", I mean something   
   > along the lines of the same mass as, sayyy... the Empire State   
   > Building, but compressed into an area the size of a bowling ball.   
   >   
   > Technically, any amount of mass will do. But the lower the mass, the   
   > faster you have to spin it to accomplish a warping effect. Density and   
   > quantity of mass are the two relevant factors to consider. The lower   
   > either one of these is, the faster the spin will need to be. There is   
   > a limit as to how low these values can be, of course. At a low enough   
   > mass/density, the object would need to be spun in such a way that its   
   > surface would have to be moving faster than the speed of light.   
   >   
   > If you took the Empire State Building, for instance, and left it the   
   > same size it is now, you would definitey need to spin it faster than   
   > the speed of light to accomplish detectable gravitational warping.   
   >   
   > Anywho... Semi-stationary hypermassive objects are how you "steer"   
   > this field. You place a hyperdense mass at the front of the craft, the   
   > spinning hyperdense mass at the midpoint of the craft. The   
   > semi-stationary mass can be any kind of material, though the higher up   
   > in the elemental tables you go, the better. The spinning hypermass can   
   > also be made of just about anything, but ideally, it would be made of   
   > hydrogen. For efficiency's sake, the spinning hypermass should be   
   > suspended in a magnetic field. You could put it on an axle, and it   
   > would function, but it would be much more prone to catastrophic   
   > failure that way.   
   >   
   > So here's the ideal: Take approximately 300 billion grams of hydrogen   
   > and compress it into spherical area roughly the size of a bowling   
   > ball. While inactive, it can remain at rest in a "cradle" of sorts,   
   > but while active, it should be suspended in a magnetic field. At the   
   > front of your craft, have about the same mass of uranium compressed   
   > into a volume roughly matching the hydrogen, but any shape is fine   
   > since it won't be spinning. As massive as they are, both objects will   
   > experience detectable gravitational pull toward one another. To   
   > determine how far apart to place these objects, view them as a   
   > planetary system. If they were orbiting each other, how far apart   
   > would they have to be in order to break free of each other's   
   > gravitational influence? You want to put the stationary hypermass just   
   > within that distance - no closer, no further.   
   >   
   > As the spinning hypermass speeds up, a gravitational field will be   
   > generated between the spinning hypermass and the stationary hypermass.   
   > This will propel the craft in the direction of the semi-stationary   
   > hypermass, and thus, you can see why it's "semi-stationary" - you want   
   > to keep it front and center, but you perturb its position relative to   
   > the spinning hypermass in order to alter the direction of the   
   > gravitational field. Once the craft is going in the direction you wish   
   > it to go, the semi-stationary hypermass should gradually be returned   
   > to the front-and-center. Like a steering wheel.   
   >   
   > Braking is easy-ish. The semi-stationary mass should be capable of   
   > moving from left to right, but also from front to back. When you want   
   > to brake, you simply swing the semi-stationary mass back to the rear   
   > of the craft.   
   >   
   > Of course, this is all stuff that's beyond you for now. Untill you   
   > learn how to manufature hypermassive objects, you won't be able to use   
   > this information. But at least you'll know what to shoot for.   
   >   
   > So long for now. :-)   
      
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