The Gravity of Anti-Gravity Read Free Page B

added on to the small house one room at a time. It ended up being a good size and very comfortable even though its multiple additions made it look a little out of character with the neighborhood. Some of the neighbors even referred to it as the ‘Burton Mystery House’.
    Pops built the barn last complete with a bathroom and small office. In the barn he had one of the best machine shops on the planet and went all over; to auctions, going out of business sales or anywhere he could find and purchase the equipment he wanted – cheap!
    This is where Pops, according to my design, created the parts needed to build the anti-gravity machine. I’ll never forget the first time I explained the concept to him.
     
    “Pops, I have an idea and a theory. I believe that with the right machine we can counteract the effects of gravity.”
    “Is that all?” Pops commented. “Just for curiosity, when will your cure for cancer and Alzheimer’s come on the market? I’m old. I might need that cure for Alzheimer’s sooner rather than later.”
    “I’m being serious.” I answered.
    “So am I Bill. You know dementia isn’t pretty.” Pops replied with a sarcastic smirk.
    “I get it. You think my idea is crazy. Well, maybe it is but if you will sit back and allow me to explain, I think it will make sense.”
    “OK Rocket Boy lay it on me.” Pops said.
    “Here goes and I want you to know that I’ve practiced this speech hundreds of times in my mind, so sit back and make yourself comfortable.”
     
    “Gravity is the most pervasive power in nature.” I started. “It’s the amazing glue that holds everything together. It’s the thing that keeps our feet on the ground and the sun and stars in the sky. Without it, the earth and everything else that exists never would have.”
    “I’ve read everything there is on the mechanics of gravity searching for what it really is and how it works, but nothing made real sense to me. It can be measured and predicted but what is it really?”
    “When the earth revolves around the sun, it’s like a tether ball game where the ball is Earth, the pole is the sun and gravity is the rope. The dilemma is that with gravity, there is no rope. There is only an unseen, invisible force holding Earth, and all the other planets, revolving a certain distance from the sun. And it’s been doing it for billions of years.”
    “Einstein’s Theory of Relativity says that gravity is a result of the curvature of space time caused by the mass of things, particularly massive objects like planets and stars.”
    “Billy,” Pops interrupted. “I’m feeling like you’re a hypnotist and you are putting me into a trance. Before you have to count backwards from three to wake me up, what’s your point?”
    “Pops, my calculations tell me that if we can create an electronic pulse with a small enough frequency, we should be able to neutralize the gravitons between the earth and the object creating the pulse, rendering it weightless.”
    “What will the object do, float or blast off?” Pops asked.
    “I’m not sure. It’s one or the other but I don’t think the household power we have here in the barn is strong enough to create a blast-off.”
    “Not sure, power in the barn? What the hell are you planning, Bill?”
    “You and I are going to create a mechanical gravity machine – here – in the barn. Just the right amount of speed and power, we have a floater. A lot more power, probably higher than what we have available here, we have an anti-gravity force. That’s when we have blast-off.”
    “String theory predicts the existence of a graviton,” I continued, “the tiny vibrating string responsible for gravity. Some physicists do not believe it exists, but I do. That’s the particle we will be targeting with the machine we will build.”
    “Billy, wouldn’t it be better to make your machine work electronically rather than mechanically?” Pops asked.
    “That’s a great question Pops, very astute. The