(word processor parameters LM=8, RM=75, TM=2, BM=2) Taken from KeelyNet BBS (214) 324-3501 Sponsored by Vangard Sciences PO BOX 1031 Mesquite, TX 75150 April 21, 1991 FTL1.ASC -------------------------------------------------------------------- This article appeared in the now defunct FLYING SAUCERS magazine on June 1964 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Through the Light Barrier by Bob Jones Those who are interested in the prospects of interstellar flight on some really meaningful scale find the so-called "light barrier" a bitter pill to swallow. According to most physicists, it would not be possible for a ship to reach the velocity of light because the closer it got to achieving light velocities, the more massive it would become. According to them you would never be able to beat that last fraction. The whole thing is based on the proven fact that the faster an object travels, the more massive it becomes (due to the energy (speed) being converted to matter/mass...Vangard). The proof comes from tests with electrons that are accelerated to near light speeds by electrostatic forces. They do indeed BECOME HEAVIER and in just the amount predicted! The forces for making these electrons accelerate came from outside, however. In the case of a space ship these accelerating forces will come from within. Anything that happens to the ship will also happen to the reaction mass (all the mass around the ship). As a ship nears the speed of light it will become noticeably MORE MASSIVE BUT SO WILL THE FUEL. That means that as the ship is becoming more massive the thrust is becoming higher too, since the exhaust is more massive (heavier particles due to denser mass from the energy to mass conversion)! These two effects will of course occur in direct proportion with the acceleration remaining constant DESPITE THE SPEED. We must remember that when a factor enters into a problem due to speed we cannot try to change this speed from the outside THE SAME as from within. The faster the motion the greater the difference and here there is all the difference in the world! For those who are interested, the 1958 Nobel Prize was won by 3 Russians for discovering that the so-called Cerenkov Radiation moved FASTER THAN LIGHT! Page 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Vangard note... We should include the concept of TACHYONS, which are faster- than-light particles. Who is to say that ALL MASS cannot be accelerated to greater than the speed of light. It follows that a mass moving AT THE SPEED OF LIGHT, as viewed from a stationary point would BE PERCEIVED AS LIGHT! It also follows that a mass could be accelerated to the speed of light (and beyond), yet REMAIN STATIONARY. What would be the effects, depending on the speed, the mass would either radiate at a specific color or become invisible as it achieved frequencies which are NOT VISIBLE to the human eye. Again we have indications of Philadelphia Experiment type possibilities since the reason for that project was to achieve practical invisibility. There are arguments that the process was intended to acheive RADAR INVISIBILTY and had nothing to do with the masking of visible frequencies. -------------------------------------------------------------------- If you have comments or other information relating to such topics as this paper covers, please upload to KeelyNet or send to the Vangard Sciences address as listed on the first page. Thank you for your consideration, interest and support. Jerry W. Decker.........Ron Barker...........Chuck Henderson Vangard Sciences/KeelyNet -------------------------------------------------------------------- If we can be of service, you may contact Jerry at (214) 324-8741 or Ron at (214) 242-9346 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Page 2