Chronos said:
Apologies, but doesn't anti-gravity break just about every known law of physics? I see 'free energy' all over the place when you plug that into any CPT model. First kaons, now free energy... Chronos retreats to cave of reality...
Well, of course, in a realistic sense, if we wanted some kind of anti-gravity, we would perforce have to do something about the gravity existing between two masses, such as the Earth and a spaceship. In discussing antigravity, people say all sorts of things like shielding the spaceship from gravity (beats me how this would be done) or reducing the effects of gravity. Since gravity has its effect no matter what, the only logical course to pursue would be to reduce the actual amount of gravitational force between the two objects. Since conservation will apply, the only way to reduce the force of gravity is to convert that force to something else.
If there can be a Universal Field Theory among the four forces of the universe, what would happen if we converted the force of gravity to joules? Assume we have two masses, m1 and m2, with a force of gravity between them. Then we know the following:
1. The two masses are in motion, with respect to each other at a minimum.
2. E1 = c^2 * m1 / (1 – (v1 / c)^2)^½
3. E2 = c^2 * m2 / (1 – (v2 / c)^2)^½
4. F = (G * m1 * m2) / r^2 (force of gravity between them)
Solving equations 2 and 3 for m1 and m2, and then substituting those energy equivalents for m1 and m2 from equations 2 and 3 into equation 4, and then solving for energy, with algebraic simplification, yields
5. E1 * E2 = F * {(r^2*c^4) / [G * (1 – (v1 / c)^2)^½ * (1 – (v2 / c)^2)^½)]}
The denominator term is tiny and the numerator term is huge.
(Obviously, this is just the mathematical equivalent of
E1 * E2 = m1 * m2 * c^4, with no force-of-gravity term at all.)
However, if we read equation 5 like we read equation 2 or 3, we could read it, "When the force of gravity between two masses is converted into energy, we get a whopping huge number of joules."
Consequently, the idea that we could remove the force of gravity between the Earth and the spaceship is equivalent to saying we would destroy this solar system and maybe any life in the next one. So sad.
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I thought the needle in a hay stack portion was comical as well.
