<BLOCKQUOTE id=quote><font size=2 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id=quote>quote:<hr height=1 noshade id=quote>1.A dense enough sphere will increase the force exerted by gravitons on earth but not the force exerted by gravitons on the sphere. This is due to virtually no graviton leaving the dense sphere, whereas the same amount of graviton density is leaving earth. <hr height=1 noshade id=quote></BLOCKQUOTE id=quote></font id=quote><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size=2 id=quote>
I’m not sure I understand why the force exerted by gravitons on the Earth would increase. It seems like the sphere would in fact block gravitons en-route to the Earth from a given direction decreasing the force on the Earth.
<BLOCKQUOTE id=quote><font size=2 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id=quote>quote:<hr height=1 noshade id=quote> 2. The net result is that the earth will be pushed towards the sphere, an action similar to the sphere moving towards the earth <hr height=1 noshade id=quote></BLOCKQUOTE id=quote></font id=quote><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size=2 id=quote>
Agreed, the net result is the same. The push towards the Earth is relative to the volume of gravitons that are allowed to pass through the sphere and vice versa.
<BLOCKQUOTE id=quote><font size=2 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id=quote>quote:<hr height=1 noshade id=quote>3. The only way to shield gravity is to make a sphere that will absorb the same exactly flux of gravitons as earth does. It must be exactly the same, otherwise, motion of either the sphere towards the earth or the earth towards the sphere will occur.<hr height=1 noshade id=quote></BLOCKQUOTE id=quote></font id=quote><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size=2 id=quote>
I see your point now. The area you are “shielding” is the area between the sphere and the earth. The problem as you state later is that you aren’t shielding gravity here your just neutralizing the effects of one mass with another creating a state of equilibrium between the two masses.
I had interpreted the idea of shielding gravity with a sphere as referring to items on the inside of the sphere as if the sphere were hollow. Not sure if that was a correct interpretation or not. Items inside a hollow sphere would be shielded from the effects of gravity outside the field. On the inside, it would depend on if gravitons were trapped inside, and how they would react in such a container. The guess would be items inside the sphere would be gravitationally susceptible only to each other.
<BLOCKQUOTE id=quote><font size=2 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id=quote>quote:<hr height=1 noshade id=quote>4. It seems that Pushing Gravity theory generates a singularity for gravity shielding: M=0, i.e nothing to shield for. <hr height=1 noshade id=quote></BLOCKQUOTE id=quote></font id=quote><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size=2 id=quote>
<BLOCKQUOTE id=quote><font size=2 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id=quote>quote:<hr height=1 noshade id=quote>But if you are frustrated failing to either detect gravitons or shield gravity at all, what can I say then, just go after me..<img src=icon_smile_blackeye.gif border=0 align=middle> <hr height=1 noshade id=quote></BLOCKQUOTE id=quote></font id=quote><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size=2 id=quote>
Hey Makis, it was meant in good humor. Hopefully it’s clear that my opinions are in no way a reflection of Meta research or Tom Van Flandern. I agree with you that any speculation on this or any other subject with a lack of the requisite empirical data falls in the realm of fiction. I would describe myself as “excited” about the possibilities, and less “frustrated” about the lack of progress. Being an engineer and not a scientist myself, I generally like to wait for the smart people to figure these things out so I can play and make toys with the results. Hopefully my input hasn’t randomized the purpose of your posts, mostly just fantasizing.
Kevin
