Ever since the beginning of time, from when we were no bigger than a bug, we used the resources made available to us by the environment to overcome the challenges that the environment itself was imposing on us. For example, we let the wind blow us from place to place, we floated on the surface of creeks to go far and wide, and we sailed the oceans to go discover what’s on the other side of the planet.
It is
therefore in our nature that we should now be seeking to harness the resources
made available to us in deep space to go discover what’s on the other side of
deep space. The challenges are numerous but none will remain beyond taming if
we learn to exploit and use the resources of space itself to overcome the
scarcity that deep space is imposing on us.
The
first discovery we made in this realm was the possible application of the
Compton Effect. That is, it was proposed to build spaceships that will use the
solar wind and the wind of every star we encounter in our travels to fly
everywhere we need to go without the fear of running out of the fuel that will
propel the ships taking us there. It was also proposed that the spaceships of
the future should be equipped at the nose with a mile-wide dish that will scoop
up the atom per cubic foot we know linger on loosely throughout space — and use
the energy of those atoms to keep going.
There
remain more abundant and still more potent resources in space which we can use
to accomplish even more than sail the solar wind or scoop stray atoms. The most
important resource being that of the magnetic force which is available
everywhere in the universe, it is where we should turn our attention, and study
the subject as diligently and as urgently as we would if we discovered we were
about to be hit by an asteroid that’s big enough to wipe life on Earth.
Thus, to
hurry and get going, the first thing we need to embrace is the theory which
says that the universe came into existence when an Alpha (A) particle exploded
into a self-duplicating mode that has been repeating itself for nearly14
billion years. From that particle came the electron which is a magnet whose
force almost equals that of the strong nuclear force. It exercises its force by
radiating de Broglie matter-waves which are infinitely smaller.
This
says that magnetism is the resource we should study diligently and without
delay. We must also be mindful that it may be the only means available to us by
which we’ll be able to propel our future spaceships. Well then, what we have with
regard to the de Broglie wave-particles, is a theory which says that they make
up the bulk of every electron in the universe.
Electrons
that exist in matter, point in every direction thus cancel each other’s force —
the reason why most objects are not magnetized. But when the electrons are made
to line up, the object they are made of becomes a magnet, and radiates a
magnetic field that extends to the end of the universe. What this reveals is
that when electrons line up, their magnetic strength is added the way that the
voltage of batteries is added when the batteries are placed in series. That is,
when they are connected positive to negative, thus allowing the closing of the
circuit.
But
whereas electricity remains in the circuit because the electrons cannot escape the
wires in which they travel, magnetism radiates out because it is made of waves
that go past obstacles by getting around them as if tunnelling their way
through a high barrier.
The
theory pertaining to this phenomenon is that masses (metallic or not) which
have not been magnetized, do produce a force that may not be detected as
magnetism, but one that’s detected as the infinitely weaker gravity. This
happens because two masses, which are near or far from each other, do exchange
particle-waves as if their “magnetic batteries” were placed in series. That is,
they make up a circuit which closes when the de Broglie waves of each mass exit
the output end of their particle, and enter both their own input and that of
the other particle. This causes the ubiquitous gravitational pull, a
characteristic of every mass in the universe.
To
design and build a propulsion engine for the spaceships of the future, we need
to learn how to manipulate the de Broglie wave-matter in such a way as to reduce
its attractive force. Concurrently, we should also investigate the possibility
of adding to the engines of the future the ability to generate a repulsive
force that will neutralize the effect of gravity on the spaceship. But how to
do that?
Mindful
that electronic oscillations and/or physical vibrations produced to match those
of the de Broglie matter-wave, can create the resonance that will disrupt those
waves — we should immediately start a comprehensive program to study all
aspects of knowledge that may be related to this subject.
Whenever
we believe we have accumulated enough knowledge to build a prototype and test
it, we should do so, thus add to our knowledge whether the test proves to have
succeeded or failed.
We’ll get there eventually because it feels like this was the destiny of our species, ordained when the universe banged the big order: Let them be and let them have it all.