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NEWSCIENCENEWSCIENCENEWSCIENCE TOWARDS CHEAP SPACE FLIGHT? Consider this my personal invite to you, to join a growing number of visionaries who want to see the cheap space flight era begin as soon as possible! Many have attempted the math, and those who "don't need to figure-in the spin, since we're only considering the interaction of the one mass on the frame" are disqualified by their own words. Weneed to account for the momentum wrapped around the orbital. In one complete orbit, we have three TOWARDS CHEAP SPACE FLIGHT? should be as close to zero as your error fac- inertial profiles to examine. The centrifu- Consider this my personal invite to you, _ tor allows; and those sums that only consid- gal force profile is easily found by the — to join a growing number of visionaries _ er the spin interactions, assuming an initial known race velocity squared, times its | who want to see the cheap space flight era zero sum for centrifugal and circumferen- mass, divided by the radius. It will be con- begin as soon as possible! Many have _ tial, are a few bricks short of a proof. stant regardless of orbital spin rate. attempted the math, and those who "don't lam aware of proofs that haven't reached The centrifugal profile of, say, a 2:1 dif- need to figure-in the spin, since we're only me yet, and that there must be treatments ference in nose and tail velocity is 4 times considering the interaction of the one mass _ that I'll likely never see from the research what it is at the tail. If the nose/tail veloci- on the frame" are disqualified by their own labs about the world; but the first person to ty difference is 10, then the centrifugal words. Weneed to account for the doa good analysis that I recognise as force at the nose is 100 times. momentum wrapped around the orbital. sound (and, of course, that I check), will There is less total difference than sup- likely go into history as the first to do so, posed by the last statement. Of the actu- and likely get a lot of job offers shortly al forces over time, the longer dwell- thereafter! time of the orbital at the tail does cut The challenge is still unanswered; no down the dramatic gain of the centrifu- one has made the finals to date (5 gal force; but still, it is an unbalanced January 1998, at the time of writing). centrifugal force. (Race velocity Surely among the thousands who read squares the radial force; time only adds my website there is one so bold as to linearly to the thrust at the reverse posi- prove that inertial propulsion by this tions.) means is real? Write to me; I'll be happy The acceleration and deceleration of to assist with whatever further info I can the orbital about the race is rather easy, give. too. This is the force that previously At this writing I am in the process of held you back, and one more component animating a 5:1 race with gears, to is factored in with it: the spin accelera- derive particulars for a standardised tions. problem. Annotated graphics of the The energy has to come from some- movement and spin particulars will be where (literally, a vectored thrust of posted in the near future on my Internet magnitude), and both experience and website. theory have that spin thrust coming from (Source: David Eugene Cowlishaw, PO the back-directed circumferential forces. Box 733, Silverton, Oregon 97381, USA; By having the orbital spin, we now have Those calculations that show unidirec- e-mail, davidc@open.org; website, another dimension in which to store, fora tional thrust only from a sum of the cen- www.open.org/davidc/gitplain.htm; posted convenient time (and direction), part of one _ trifugal and the circumferential (energy and 5 January 1998; concept released 4 May side of the tug of war. Now the impossible vectors needed to slow down and speed up 1997 in public release document, git - is not only possible, it's been repeated the orbitals) are very suspect, as those sums —_ works.htm) So here is the question, What are we GIT sinple Test by JL Naudin 26 June 9% — JNaudins03@sol . com Figure 2 trading for energy of position in space without an outside mass exchange? Is it time? Is it a dimensional 'folding' of space on one side and ‘unfolding’ (unwinding, actually) on the other side that makes it operate? That's over my head! It works. Whaaat? You need to know why? Me, too, actually. I've kicked around many ideas, yet I have enough traditional science under my lid that it's difficult to think along ‘heretical’ lines, so I fully understand the difficulties that those well-schooled in the physical sci- ences have in looking into my (and others’) claims. So disprove it! As long as the spin accelerations are accounted for (i.e., from what vector they enter and leave the orbital from the race), and an honest attempt is made, I'm confi- dent that eyes will be opened—though opening of minds may take a little longer! Figure 2 NEXUS -51 FEBRUARY - MARCH 1998