William One Sac
04-09-2008, 09:27 PM
I had an idea a couple of years ago for moving large freights into earth orbit. The idea surrounds a principle of Einsteins theory on realativity. An object, moving close to the speed of light, cannot move through space any longer. The reason it cannot move is because its mass increases to near infinity and no amount of energy can make it move faster. So my idea was to build a space ship, have inside it attached to the structure, a spindle. By spinning the cylinder very fast, it may be possible to increase the tangential velocity of the surface of the spindle to near light speed.
This would cause the spindle, and everything attached to it, to become locked on a point of space. So effectively the earth would rotate away from the ship, and the ship could go to whatever height it liked, where the cylinder could be stopped and then moved using conventional rockets. The problem with my idea is that the spindle would becomne infinitely heavy and would likely break apart before it could be made to spin fast enough.
I have been toying with the idea of using small coils of electricity to achieve the same effect, however I am not certain how the properties of electron would work or not. Don't they call them wavicles? I have to brush up on my nuclear physics I suppose! :p
This would cause the spindle, and everything attached to it, to become locked on a point of space. So effectively the earth would rotate away from the ship, and the ship could go to whatever height it liked, where the cylinder could be stopped and then moved using conventional rockets. The problem with my idea is that the spindle would becomne infinitely heavy and would likely break apart before it could be made to spin fast enough.
I have been toying with the idea of using small coils of electricity to achieve the same effect, however I am not certain how the properties of electron would work or not. Don't they call them wavicles? I have to brush up on my nuclear physics I suppose! :p