Why Does Classical Mechanics Forbid Inertial Propulsion Devices When They Evidently Do Exist?: A Major Revision Of The Author’’s Point Of View Based Up

We examine the existence of inertial propulsion devices that must violate conservation of momentum (by definition), and then show just where this principle can fail even for cases where the device's moving parts move too slowly to involve Eric Laithwaite's "mass transfer" or his "variable inertial mass". This the fifth edition.

The author has received his PhD in mathematics from the Univ. of Calif. at Berkeley in 1968, and has done research at Bell Labs and taught mathematics at Mich Tech Univ. And he has authored or co-authored several books in physics and mathematics that may be viewed on Amazon.com electronically. He also has a brief (but forthright) memoir containing his ideas concerning his favorite subject, truth, and especially regarding the topic of physics versus mathematics.