And finally, CB.
A method based on the assumption that it is possible to obtain pairs of particles—electrically charged but opposite in mass. Why are these two conditions so necessary? The electric field propagates through space at the speed of light in a vacuum (the fundamental velocity)—a common space for this pair of particles. If this pair experiences virtually no external influences, the outcome is obvious. By attracting each other, they decrease their positive and negative masses, respectively. A separate open question is the magnitude of this loss: either they reduce it to some extremely small value or they completely reduce their mass, becoming massless and at rest. In either case, such pairs become useless for practical purposes. The only solution is to create additional conditions to prevent such pairs from approaching each other and then remove the positive-mass particles into outer space. Should these particles be electrically charged? Not necessarily; the enormous electric charge of the negative-mass particles must be compensated. This results in something much more complex than the rather complex CA method. Does it then make sense to seek theoretical and engineering solutions for CB travel? Of course it does. CA avoids the consumption of irreplaceable transuranics or deuterium and tritium, but rather utilizes ancient stellar matter. This includes, at the initial stage of interstellar flights, ancient solar matter (z=1.3). The aforementioned limit for CA is most likely equal to a visual velocity (alpha) of up to 6.0 times the speed of light in a vacuum (the physical velocity will be up to 0.987 times the speed of light in a vacuum). CB will allow a visual velocity (alpha) of 100.0 times the speed of light in a vacuum (the physical velocity will be up to 0.9994 times the speed of light in a vacuum). This means that more than 10,000 stars will be within an annual flight distance. Completing CB, we can assume that completely zeroing out the total mass (of the starship) will make it possible to reach any location in our Universe almost instantly.
This is the final message — the thirty-seventh in Part I. Part II will begin as usual, in 37 Earth days, with intervals also of 37 days.
A small bonus.
Let’s say you collected one million tons of ancient solar material and placed it inside a starship of almost the same mass, with a visual velocity (alpha) of 0.5 the speed of light in a vacuum. Where would you go with these two million tons? Most, based on popular science articles, would choose Alpha Centauri as the target. A minority, also based on other popular science articles, would choose one of the nearby stars with planets in the habitable zone. But the best starting choice is Barnard’s Star, despite its 12-year mission duration. The ancient material of this old star, approximately 10 Gyr old (z=4.4), would increase the visual velocity of this and subsequent starships to 2.0 the speed of light in a vacuum. So, if we wait 12 + 5 + 3 = 20 years for the first shipment of ancient material from Barnard’s Star, then the flight to Alpha Centauri and back will take 2.2 years instead of 8.8 years. Subsequent interstellar flights will truly become faster and more enjoyable