Volume I · Spacetime & Gravitational Mechanics
Frame-Dragging Propulsion
Harnessing the rotational dragging of inertial frames around spinning mass-energy — the Lense-Thirring effect — for reactionless propulsion and inertial steering.
Formal Research Monograph · Lead Author: Prof. Alistair Finch
Frame-Dragging Propulsion: Formal Research Paper
Full 2-column research paper published in CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM GRAVITY featuring complete tensor derivations, field equations, 3D simulation figures, vector telemetry, and peer-reviewed citations.
The Framework
The Frame-Dragging Equation
A spinning mass does not merely curve spacetime — it drags it, winding the local frame around like water around a stirring spoon. Frame-Dragging Propulsion grips that whirlpool. Because the vessel is carried by the motion of space itself, it accelerates without throwing anything backward, converting stored angular momentum directly into travel.
Gravitomagnetic Field Generation
Spinning engineered mass-energy currents to produce a gravitomagnetic field that twists the local inertial frame the way a magnetic dipole twists charges.
Reactionless Impulse Coupling
Coupling a vessel to the dragged frame so that spacetime itself carries it forward, without expelling any propellant.
Angular-Momentum Reservoirs
Storing and modulating vast angular momentum in confined rotating singularities to tune the thrust vector and its magnitude.
Ergoregion Navigation
Operating within the ergosphere — where frame-dragging is total and no observer can stay still — to extract rotational energy via the Penrose process.