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physics.class-ph2009★ 18 cited
A note on relativistic rocketry
Shawn Westmoreland
In the context of special relativity, we discuss the specific impulse of a rocket whose exhaust jet consists of massive and/or massless particles. This work generalizes previous re…
gr-qc2009★ 9 cited
Are Black Hole Starships Possible
Louis Crane, Shawn Westmoreland
We investigate whether it is physically possible to build starships or power sources using the Hawking radiation of an artificial black hole as a power source. The proposal seems t…