...ndache 2 To the memory of Benjamin E. Tilton (1876-1955), a close contemporary of Albert Einstein (1879-1955) This book can be ordere... ...ntemporary of Albert Einstein (1879-1955) This book can be ordered in a paper bound reprint from: Books on Demand ProQuest Informat... ... ISBN: 1-931233-84-5 Standard Address Number: 297-5092 Printed in the United States of America 3 BEGIN THE ADVENTURE Ho... ...ade for calling c the resonant speed of space. For the engineer and the radio amateur, the term "resonance" can lead to a whole new vista of menta... ...le new vista of mental images, a healthy vista in the present context. To radio amateurs and those other readers who are knowledgeable in such matte... ...nce and Mechanics Distinguished Professor, Graduate Program in Materials Pennsylvania State University March 2004 10 Acknowledgements ... ...l Faster that Light... and Other Explorations in Nature's Curiosity Shop, Contemporary Books, 1993, ISBN 0-8092-3821-7. [2] But it can be show... ... speed of sound. A distant rifle which fires a bullet would be sensed to hit a target next to us before we hear the blast from the gun. Only if th... ...the four officers are located in the modules containing or near their duty stations; the medics in M4 and M5 for example. Quarters for the 8-member ...

...ts speed is the same no matter who measures it." "That's true." I would respond; "That's just the second postulate of special relativity which is not in doubt; but that postulate applies to light, and we're talking about rocketships here." However it seemed that no one understood what I was saying. By referring to the universal constant c= 299.792 458 megameters per secon...

...tauri 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 any plan is not as important as it is to set a definite plan and work towards its goal. The plan outlined here is in two phases: Phase on...

... 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 --...