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Exact Relativistic 'Antigravity' Propulsion
The Schwarzschild solution is used to find the exact relativistic motion of a
payload in the gravitational field of a mass moving with constant velocity. At
radial approach or recession speeds faster than 3^-1/2 times the speed of
light, even a small mass gravitationally repels a payload. At relativistic
speeds, a suitable mass can quickly propel a heavy payload from rest nearly to
the speed of light with negligible stresses on the payload.Comment: 4 pages, 3 figures, changed format only, attached 5 AVI files
(animated exact solutions of black holes incident on initially stationary
payloads
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