What was that story where some guy who is skeptical about relativity
tests it by trying to brute force his near light speed ship faster by
setting off an explosion and it sort of works for no reason that makes
sense?

In article <snhqsh$ui1$1@gioia.aioe.org>,
David Johnston <davidjohnston29@yahoo.com> wrote:
>What was that story where some guy who is skeptical about relativity
>tests it by trying to brute force his near light speed ship faster by
>setting off an explosion and it sort of works for no reason that makes
>sense?

I don't know that it is the only example but I think A Bertram
Chandler did one where they got close to C and fired off
a solid propellent rocket, with interesting results. It
is called To Catch the Star Winds.
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On Tue, 23 Nov 2021 04:52:10 -0000 (UTC), jdnicoll@panix.com (James
Nicoll) wrote:

>In article <snhqsh$ui1$1@gioia.aioe.org>,
>David Johnston <davidjohnston29@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>What was that story where some guy who is skeptical about relativity
>>tests it by trying to brute force his near light speed ship faster by
>>setting off an explosion and it sort of works for no reason that makes
>>sense?
>
>I don't know that it is the only example but I think A Bertram
>Chandler did one where they got close to C and fired off
>a solid propellent rocket, with interesting results. It
> is called To Catch the Star Winds.

That shows a misunderstanding of the problem.

J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> writes:
>On Tue, 23 Nov 2021 04:52:10 -0000 (UTC), jdnicoll@panix.com (James
>Nicoll) wrote:
>
>>In article <snhqsh$ui1$1@gioia.aioe.org>,
>>David Johnston <davidjohnston29@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>What was that story where some guy who is skeptical about relativity
>>>tests it by trying to brute force his near light speed ship faster by
>>>setting off an explosion and it sort of works for no reason that makes
>>>sense?
>>
>>I don't know that it is the only example but I think A Bertram
>>Chandler did one where they got close to C and fired off
>>a solid propellent rocket, with interesting results. It
>> is called To Catch the Star Winds.
>
>That shows a misunderstanding of the problem.

It was science FICTION.

In article <e27nJ.62018$np6.13875@fx46.iad>,
Scott Lurndal <slp53@pacbell.net> wrote:
>J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> writes:
>>On Tue, 23 Nov 2021 04:52:10 -0000 (UTC), jdnicoll@panix.com (James
>>Nicoll) wrote:
>>
>>>In article <snhqsh$ui1$1@gioia.aioe.org>,
>>>David Johnston <davidjohnston29@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>>What was that story where some guy who is skeptical about relativity
>>>>tests it by trying to brute force his near light speed ship faster by
>>>>setting off an explosion and it sort of works for no reason that makes
>>>>sense?
>>>
>>>I don't know that it is the only example but I think A Bertram
>>>Chandler did one where they got close to C and fired off
>>>a solid propellent rocket, with interesting results. It
>>> is called To Catch the Star Winds.
>>
>>That shows a misunderstanding of the problem.
>
>It was science FICTION.

It's nonsense but Chandler was not anything close to a hard SF author.

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On Monday, November 22, 2021 at 9:32:20 PM UTC-7, David Johnston wrote:
> What was that story where some guy who is skeptical about relativity
> tests it by trying to brute force his near light speed ship faster by
> setting off an explosion and it sort of works for no reason that makes
> sense?

I'm not aware of such a story, but the idea that one might be able to
do that _was_ toyed with in some dialogue between characters in
Robert A. Heinlein's _Farmer in the Sky_.

John Savard

scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) wrote in
news:e27nJ.62018$np6.13875@fx46.iad:

> J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> writes:
>>On Tue, 23 Nov 2021 04:52:10 -0000 (UTC), jdnicoll@panix.com
>>(James Nicoll) wrote:
>>
>>>In article <snhqsh$ui1$1@gioia.aioe.org>,
>>>David Johnston <davidjohnston29@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>>What was that story where some guy who is skeptical about
>>>>relativity tests it by trying to brute force his near light
>>>>speed ship faster by setting off an explosion and it sort of
>>>>works for no reason that makes sense?
>>>
>>>I don't know that it is the only example but I think A Bertram
>>>Chandler did one where they got close to C and fired off
>>>a solid propellent rocket, with interesting results. It
>>> is called To Catch the Star Winds.
>>
>>That shows a misunderstanding of the problem.
>
> It was science FICTION.
>
Or, more properly, science fantasy. For pedeantic purists. Like me.

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On Tue, 23 Nov 2021 08:30:50 -0800 (PST), Quadibloc
<jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> wrote:

>On Monday, November 22, 2021 at 9:32:20 PM UTC-7, David Johnston wrote:
>> What was that story where some guy who is skeptical about relativity
>> tests it by trying to brute force his near light speed ship faster by
>> setting off an explosion and it sort of works for no reason that makes
>> sense?
>
>I'm not aware of such a story, but the idea that one might be able to
>do that _was_ toyed with in some dialogue between characters in
>Robert A. Heinlein's _Farmer in the Sky_.

Apparently some time later somebody explained relativity to Heinlein.

On 2021-11-22 9:52 p.m., James Nicoll wrote:
> In article <snhqsh$ui1$1@gioia.aioe.org>,
> David Johnston <davidjohnston29@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> What was that story where some guy who is skeptical about relativity
>> tests it by trying to brute force his near light speed ship faster by
>> setting off an explosion and it sort of works for no reason that makes
>> sense?
>
> I don't know that it is the only example but I think A Bertram
> Chandler did one where they got close to C and fired off
> a solid propellent rocket, with interesting results. It
> is called To Catch the Star Winds.
>

Yeah that was the one.

In article <snusss$asr$1@gioia.aioe.org>,
David Johnston <davidjohnston29@yahoo.com> wrote:
>On 2021-11-22 9:52 p.m., James Nicoll wrote:
>> In article <snhqsh$ui1$1@gioia.aioe.org>,
>> David Johnston <davidjohnston29@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>> What was that story where some guy who is skeptical about relativity
>>> tests it by trying to brute force his near light speed ship faster by
>>> setting off an explosion and it sort of works for no reason that makes
>>> sense?
>>
>> I don't know that it is the only example but I think A Bertram
>> Chandler did one where they got close to C and fired off
>> a solid propellent rocket, with interesting results. It
>> is called To Catch the Star Winds.
>>
>
>Yeah that was the one.

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