Bow-and-Arrow Space Exploration
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It may interest your readers that I hypothesised in 1982 that there must exist waves travelling much faster than light if this universe is to function the way it does. I hypothesised this in Computer Journal of IEEE Vol.15 (1982) – p.94 under Bow- and-arrow space exploration heading. The full text is reproduced below: Computer Journal of IEEE Vol.15 (1982) – p.94 Bow-and-arrow space exploration A student trying to design a circuit with a speed of 10 ns using CMOS logic is likely to get a serious reprimand from the instructor. But nobody is reprimanding the whole scientific community, which even worse-is trying to explore deep space using conventional spacecraft and electromagnetic waves. This is not even the equivalent of going to the moon with a firecracker. How can we sanction a project to explore another civilization, supposedly 300 light years away, using today's resources? Consider Arecibo Observatory's at tempts in 1974 to send a signal to a col - lection of stars called M13. The M13 is 24,000 light years away. Were the scien tists serious? The first problem is the time the signal will take to reach M13. Then you have the level of noise with the signal by the time it gets there. Likewise, sending a metal plaque with the Pioneer 10 for the benefit of "spacelings" is like an attempt by an Adivasi in Madhya Pradesh, India. to send a message to his Indian cousin in Mexico using a carrier called "arrow" and a launching device called "string bow." Don't misunderstand me. I am not be littling the space exploration work being carried out by various nations. It is a step forward. but these efforts are much too inadequate for the exploration of deep space. The universe is a complex system with its own checks and balances. Our galaxy, the Milky Way is about 10 5 light years. or about 10 15 km long-and it is only one of several billion such galaxies. For a control system like the universe to work, which it is doing splendidly, information must flow at both the micro and macro levels. Naturally information cannot be spread over thousands of years. For suc cessful management of this system and for its exploration, our spacecraft and electromagnetic waves travelling at 3 x l0 8 m/s are far from adequate. To explore this galaxy intelligently, we must have the means to send informa tion over a carrier travelling at a speed on the order of 10 18 km/s and a spacecraft slower only by a few orders of magnitude. For intergalaxy communica tion, we need a carrier travelling much faster than 10 18 km/s. Man may not think beyond waves travelling faster than light, but "god" must have waves travel ing as fast as 10 30 km/s, or even faster, if he is to be in command. So instead of shooting arrows with a string bow, the scientific community should look for a carrier as fast as 10 18 km/ 5.
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It may interest your readers that I hypothesised in 1982 that there must exist waves travelling much faster than light if this universe is to function the way it does.
I hypothesised this in Computer Journal of IEEE Vol.15 (1982) – p.94 under Bow-and-arrow space exploration heading. The full text is reproduced below:
Computer Journal of IEEE Vol.15 (1982) – p.94
Bow-and-arrow space exploration
A student trying to design a circuit with a speed of 10 ns using CMOS logic is likely to get a serious reprimand from the instructor. But nobody is reprimanding the whole scientific community, which even worse-is trying to explore deep space using conventional spacecraft and electromagnetic waves. This is not even the equivalent of going to the moon with a firecracker. How can we sanction a project to explore another civilization, supposedly 300 light years away, using today's resources?
Consider Arecibo Observatory's attempts in 1974 to send a signal to a collection of stars called M13. The M13 is 24,000 light years away. Were the scientists serious? The first problem is the time the signal will take to reach M13. Then you have the level of noise with the signal by the time it gets there. Likewise, sending a metal plaque with the Pioneer 10 for the benefit of "spacelings" is like an attempt by an Adivasi in Madhya Pradesh, India. to send a message to his Indian cousin in Mexico using a carrier called "arrow" and a launching device called "string bow."
Don't misunderstand me. I am not belittling the space exploration work being carried out by various nations. It is a step forward. but these efforts are much too inadequate for the exploration of deep space.
The universe is a complex system with its own checks and balances. Our galaxy, the Milky Way is about 105 light years. or about 1015 km long-and it is only one of several billion such galaxies. For a control system like the universe to work, which it is doing splendidly, information must flow at both the micro and macro levels. Naturally information cannot be spread over thousands of years. For successful management of this system and for its exploration, our spacecraft and electromagnetic waves travelling at 3 x l08 m/s are far from adequate.
To explore this galaxy intelligently, we must have the means to send information over a carrier travelling at a speed on the order of 1018 km/s and a spacecraft slower only by a few orders of magnitude. For intergalaxy communication, we need a carrier travelling much faster than 1018
km/s. Man may not think beyond waves travelling faster than light, but "god" must have waves traveling as fast as 1030 km/s, or even faster, if he is to be in command. So instead of shooting arrows with a string bow, the scientific community should look for a carrier as fast as 10 18 km/5. Incidentally, I have concluded in another context that the highest number a man may encounter is on the order of 1019
I have thrown the gauntlet, Mr. Editor.Are there any takers?
Professor Sureshchander Institute of Mathematics Univ. of Science & Tech. Dar-el-Beida, Algeria
(Note: Prof. Sureshchander was in Algeria on leave of absence from GB Pant Univ. of Agr. & Technology, Pantanagar. He was then Prof & Head, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, GBPUAT. He retired as Professor, Dept. Of Computer Engineering, from GBPUAT in 2001)
