Recent content by sngtdt

My question concerns the affect of the curvature of space on a stationary object. I understand that the force of gravity is more accurately described as space curvature. Ie, a massive object like the sun or Earth can be visualized as a bowling ball placed on a rubber sheet, creating a curvature...

The LHC is acccelerating particles to 99.9% the speed of light, but don't objects approaching the speed of light theoretically also attain infinite mass? So my question is, how would the accelerator keep those particles "roped in"?

The part I am afraid will use the most energy is the pump to introduce cold water into the boiler

Thanks for the info, I am aware the pressure vessel would need special design cosideration, as far as the area of the mirror, this would be more or less a model. If it worked, something larger could be made.

Great discussion. I did not read all the posts, but my comments would be: source of hydrogen must be considered. I've heard that most hydrogen comes from natural gas and we're back to fossil fuels again. I think ethanol has great potential if a feedstock like switchgrass can be utilized. Even...

So... by "frame of reference" do you mean perhaps relative velocity?

I am an amateur science/engineering enthusiast (AA electrical engineering), I would like to design/build a solar energy system consisting of a small tracking parabolic mirror heating a steam boiler to drive a small turbine-generator. The mirror I am thinking 3 foot diameter and I have some idea...

re solar generator I am fascinated by this concept. Here is a link to one website I like. Look towards the bottom of the page for links with some info on constructing such. Unfortunately, the technical details are lacking... http://xenotechresearch.com/cgi/wp/index.php?cat=8

What I am wondering about is are relativity effects present on photons. I.e., a spacecraft approaching the speed of light will experience increasing mass, decreased physical dimension, time dilation etc. The question is do theses effects occur with photons, in any way.

question: do the effects of relativity that would manifest on objects approaching the speed of light (increasing mass, decreased time, etc) also affect photons? Photons are, after all perhaps the only things that routinely travel at that rate.