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View SchemaOn the Possibility of a Propulsion Drive Creation Through a Local Manipulation of Spacetime Geometry
| Authors | Vesselin Petkov |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | physics/9805028 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/9805028 |
Abstract
Since the shape of a free body's worldline is determined by the geometry of spacetime a local change of spacetime geometry will affect a body's worldline, i.e. a body's state of motion. The exploration of this possibility constitutes a radically new approach to the idea of how a body can be propelled: instead of applying a force to the body itself, the geometry of spacetime is subjected to a local manipulation which in turn results in the body's motion.
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