The gravitational origin of inertial reaction forces is discussed and transient mass fluctuations that occur in accelerating objects are explained. It is pointed out that such mass fluctuations can be employed to produce stationary forces in special circumstances, and that those forces can, in principle, be used to produce propellantless propulsion. In laboratory tests the magnitude of the effects involved in this method are quite small, but since they are based exclusively on the known laws of physics the possibility exists that the method can be brought to practical fruition in the foreseeable future.


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    Title :

    Mass fluctuations, stationary forces, and propellantless propulsion


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    SPACE TECHNOLOGY AND APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL FORUM - 2000 ; 2000 ; Albuquerque, New Mexico (USA)


    Published in:

    AIP Conference Proceedings ; 504 , 1 ; 1018-1025


    Publication date :

    2000-01-19


    Size :

    8 pages





    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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