Physics
Scientific paper
Mar 1979
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1979jbis...32...95w&link_type=abstract
British Interplanetary Society, Journal (Interstellar Studies), vol. 32, Mar. 1979, p. 95-98.
Physics
Light Speed, Photon Beams, Relativity, Space Flight, Theoretical Physics, Annihilation Reactions, Ballistics, Electromagnetic Interactions, Energy Conservation, Invariance, Ion Propulsion, Mass, Payload Mass Ratio, Space Exploration
Scientific paper
An outline of the ballistic theory of light is given. The theory is able to explain those phenomena of modern physics hitherto held to be explicable only by Einstein's theory of relativity, such as the mass defect of atomic nuclei, positron-electron annihilation and pair production, Doppler effect, Compton effect, etc. The theory is next applied to rocket travel, and it is shown that although it is possible in principle to accelerate a rocket to speeds greater than the velocity of light the ratio of payload to initial mass rapidly becomes small for quite modest increases in speed. It is concluded that even with technology far in advance of anything conceivable today, the region of the universe open to rocket exploration, while greater than would be expected if velocities were always less than that of light in accordance with the orthodox relativity theory, would not be more than an order of magnitude greater.
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