Relativistic Astrodyanmics: Non-Rectilinear Trajectories For Star Exploration Flights

G. Vulpetti. (1981), JBIS, 34, pp.477-485

Refcode: 1981.34.477

Abstract:

BY RELATIVISTIC ASTRODYNAMICS we mean the analysis of the admissible trajectories of Man-conceived spaceships for which Special Relativity effects are not negligible for a considerable part of their envisaged flights. Specific General Relativity effects are generally ignored in the current studies of the theoretical possibility of star exploration, being limited to the consequences of the Equivalence Principle as a general guideline.