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    Interstellar Space Flight Is Not So Difficult
    Interstellar Space Flight Is Not So Difficult
    Interstellar Space Flight Is Not So Difficult
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    Interstellar Space Flight Is Not So Difficult

    By Phillip Duke

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    This revolutionary new book presents scientific evidence in support of its thesis, that Interstellar Space Flight is possible now in theory, and in practice would not be so difficult as commonly believed.

    By employing Dr. Albert Einstein's Time Contraction the transit times between any stars can be made manageably small. As the starship approaches light speed time contracts or slows down for it and its occupants.

    Energy for the maintained acceleration is provided by a two cycle liquid sodium to water nuclear reactor, of the type that propels atomic submarines and surface ships. The  starship's propellant is water, and the starship is propelled by high pressure steam jets.

    The atomic reactor is proven reliable, and the principle of Time Contraction has been verified experimentally. Therefore Interstellar space travel is possible now in both theory and practice.

    Travel to other Earth type worlds creates the possibility of encountering and reacting with alien life forms. The likely natures and interactions with aliens is discussed in terms of established biological science.

    The last chapter discusses Intergalactic space flight. Due to the huge distances involved the possibility of traveling for example to the closest spiral galaxy, Andromeda M31, is considered quite impossible; after all Andromeda M31 is 2.5 million light years distant. However, with Time Contraction the transit time between stars can be made manageable, no matter how large the distance. Not the distance, but the time to cover that distance, is all that matters..

    This ebook will be read with interest by all persons interested in space ships, space travel, colonizing new Earth type worlds, the interactions of humans with alien life forms, and humanity's future in outer space..This ebook is 25,000 words long and has 12 Illustrations, 15 Hyperlinled Chapters, and References.

    Thank you for your interest in this subject, your interest is appreciated.

    Best regards,

    Phillip Duke B.S., Ph.D.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPhillip Duke Ph.D.
    Release dateNov 24, 2014
    ISBN9781502228000
    Interstellar Space Flight Is Not So Difficult
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    Phillip Duke

    Phillip Duke B.S., Ph.D. is a graduate of UCLA with the B.S. in Chemistry, and of USC with the Ph,D. in Experimental Pathology/Biochemistry.  Now retired, he writes on various aspects of life. His most popular titles:are: Jack the Ripper vs. Sherlock Holmes HEROIN God's Own Medicine Folly of the Hydrogen Bomb Starship To New Earth Now Karma GOLDEN SHOWERS Stories by Phyllis All 26 published titles are described on Philduke.weebly.com.  Any of  Dr. Phil's ebooks will be gifted to you on  request, simply email drpduke@wmconnect.com. All readers are invited to contact Dr. Phil Duke by email. An ancient saying- "The mills of the Gods grind very slowly, but they grind very fine." Buena suerta, y vaya con Dios!  

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      Interstellar Space Flight Is Not So Difficult - Phillip Duke

      Interstellar

      Space Flight

      Is Not So Difficult.

      By

      Phillip Duke Ph.D.

      Copyright © 2014 Phillip Duke Ph.D. all rights reserved.

      With 14 illustrations, 15 hyperlinked chapters/subject headings, and references.

      25,363 Words and 1.082 Megabytes.

      Introduction

      This pioneering new book by professional scientist Phillip Duke B.S., Ph.D. explains why Interstellar space flight is really not so difficult as commonly believed, and describes the construction, launch, operation and functioning of a working Interstellar starship. The starship’s function is transporting colonists to a new Earth type world, and detailed evidence is presented that this is possible in both theory and practice now, not just in the future. The book’s thesis is that traveling across Interstellar space and colonizing a new Earth is in theory much easier than commonly known, and in practice would be much easier than generally believed. The book’s title "Interstellar Space Flight Is Not So Difficult" says it all.

      Interstellar space flight and colonizing other Earth type worlds introduces the possibility of encountering alien life forms, and a number of possible alien life forms and encounters with them are described. Based on the principles of Adaptive and Convergent Evolution, life on all Earth type worlds should be somewhat similar, and depend heavily on the stage of Evolution. However important differences may exist in some cases, and what may be encountered cannot be accurately predicted.

      Interstellar space flight is possible and practical due primarily to the great advances in physics brought about by one man, the scientific genius Albert Einstein. Professor Einstein’s great achievement in theoretical physics called Relativity Theory gave us atomic energy, but only in theory; the urgency of World War Two was required for it to be put into practice, as atomic bombs. Very few people know that Einstein’s great achievement also gives us star travel, but so far only in theory. Star travel has not yet been put into practice simply because there has not been any urgency to do so, and also due to the commonly held false belief, that the long times required to travel the large distances make star travel so impractical, that it is essentially impossible. 

      The only known obstacle to traveling from our solar system to another is the time required to travel the large distance. However according to Relativity the time required can be reduced to where it is no problem at all. Einstein’s Relativity has inherent in it the (experimentally confirmed) principle of Time Contraction; as an object approaches light speed time contracts or slows down for it. By simply approaching light speed the interstellar transit travel time for the starship and its inhabitants can in theory by Time Contraction be made as small as desired. I repeat, the interstellar transit travel time can in theory be made as small as desired.

      To approach light speed at acceleration compatible with human life, constant energy/thrust over several month’s time is required, and this sustained acceleration is not possible with chemically fueled spacecraft, because chemical reactions do not provide enough energy. Atomic reactions release approximately one million times more energy than chemical reactions, and the starship is propelled through interstellar space with energy released by atomic, not chemical reactions.

      Successful space flight has already been achieved by the Apollo 11 and subsequent Moon missions, which employed chemical energy for propulsion, Chemically powered propulsion proved to be adequate for the Apollo missions, and numerous important in space engineering problems were solved in the course of these pioneering missions to our nearest neighbor in space, the Moon. Perhaps most important, the Apollo 11 Moon mossions showed that space travel is actually achievable, and is really not so difficult.

      Photograph of The Apollo 11 Moon Mission launch.

      Photograph of Apollo 11 Moon Mission Astronaut boot print in Moon dust.

      Photograph of the Apollo 17 Moon Rover traveling on the Moon’s surface.

      The Apollo Moon Missions showed that space travel is not nearly as hard as previously believed, and that space exploration can even be fun. Look closely and you may see the smile on the Moon Rover driver’s face.

      Atomic reactions release approximately a million times more energy than chemical reactions do. Therefore by employing nuclear reactions adequate energy becomes available to accelerate constantly until near light speed is obtained. As light speed is approached time slows down for the Starship and its occupants, so that the travel time to another star system is greatly reduced and becomes manageable; then interstellar star travel has become practical.

      I believe the necessary sustained energy could be readily obtained employing a presently available two-cycle sodium/water nuclear reactor, of the type used for propulsion by atomic powered submarines and surface ships. This marine applications proven reliable and safe propulsion system employs heat energy produced by a uranium-fueled nuclear reactor. The heat energy produced by uranium fission is transferred from circulating radioactive liquid sodium to non-radioactive water, producing high-pressure steam, which for marine applications turns a turbine connected to the ship’s propellers. Instead of turning a ship’s propellers the starship’s high-pressure steam would jet out into space, safely and reliably accelerating the Starship by steam jet reaction force to near light speed.

      The high-pressure steam would also generate electricity for the Starship’s life support and control systems. Green plant photosynthesis under fluorescent grow lights would provide oxygen and remove waste carbon dioxide, while growing soybeans and other food plants for the starship crew/colonists.

      There is a whole new world with completely untapped resources of every kind out there, just waiting for us to claim it. In order to acquire an entire new world with its untapped resources, we need only go there.

      This book is both science fiction and science fact. It is fiction because the Interstellar starship does not exist now; it is at this time only a theoretical concept. However the concept is entirely based on the proven science of Proffesor Albert Einstein’s great insights concerning how the universe works called Relativity, for which he received the Nobel Prize in Physics. The concept of Time Contraction is inherent in Relativity, and has been confirmed experimentally. Therefore although this book describes fictional events, the events are all entirely based on and compatible with modern science. To put it another way, this book’s starship concept is entirely in complete agreement with modern science theory, and also with nuclear engineering practice..

      The starship concept also has inherent in it the possibility of acquiring inconceivably large wealth. I say inconceivably large, because who can say how large the value of acquiring a whole new Earth type world is, now and in the future, when it is developed? Comparing the value of acquiring an entire new Earth type world to the cost of losing a starship, the reward to risk ratio is so immensely large, that I expect the starship will not remain just a theoretical concept for very long.

      I have employed repetition to help get an important subject across. Repetition is frowned upon in text books, but this is not a textbook; it is a book that attempts to increase understanding by presenting scientific belief changing information. The task of increasing understanding by presenting scientific belief changing information is not easy to accomplish, and sometimes repetition can be helpful.

      The book’s most difficult subject to grasp is Intergalactic space flight, traveling from one galaxy to another. I have left this subject for last, because by the time you the reader come to it, after reading the prior material you will either have

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