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Begin the Adventure : How to Break the Light Barrier

By: Florentin Smarandache

...D. 2070 Homer B. Tilton Florentin Smarandache 2 To the memory of Benjamin E. Tilton (1876-1955), a close contemporary of Albert Einstein ... ... Books on Demand ProQuest Information & Learning (University of Microfilm International) 300 N. Zeeb Road P.O. Box 1346, Ann Arb... ...ront at an angle of Arccos(c/(nv)) to the particle path in a medium whose index of refraction is n. See cover illustration or a physics text. ... ...ethod of propulsion be used for a starship which we'll refer to as Cosmos II; page 5: "[Some] have concluded that light sailing is the only technolo... ...eed of light is understandably reduced according to 1/ √(µ ε) to give the index of refraction (as of glass) of √(µ/µ 0 ) √( ε/ ε 0 ). Also now b... ...o, our presence to offworld SETI watchers in 1898 and our cover as a dead world was blown. If there is a star-capable civilization within 105 light ... ...mith, Crown Publ., pp. 43-4. [2] Arthur March & Ira M. Freeman, The New World of Physics, Random House, 1962, LoC#62-20332, p. 89: According to t... ...er side 2005 Cosmos I sailing ship launched toward Mars 2019 Cosmos II sailing ship launched toward α-Centauri 2020 First Human sets boot o... ... technically-savvy layman and amateur scientist, is comprised of selected articles by the authors which previously appeared in various journals along...

...For most of the 20th century, both relativity and star travel fascinated this writer. The reasons Albert Einstein concluded there is an absolute barrier at the speed of light seemed at first clear, then later not so clear upon closer...

...One's reach should exceed one's grasp. Thus we reach for Alpha Centauri with a round-trip manned and womanned mission as the proposed overarching goal under a clear plan of exploration - a grand experiment described in later chapters. Whether or not we succeed in grasping the goal under this or under...

...- Ch.7. The Phase One Experiment: The First Starship. 37 -- Ch.8. The Phase Two Experiment: Alpha Centauri or Bust!. 45 -- Ch.9. Voyage to the Center of the Galaxy. 50 -- Ch.10. An Hypothesis: There is no Speed Barrier in the Universe. 52 --...

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