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We have all heard of rockets. All of us have seen the beautiful launches of the Saturn V rockets and later, the Space Shuttles. We've see images of drones firing Hell-Fire missiles on a regular basis such as from Predator and Reaper unmanned drones. We even see rockets for celebration, which here in the States, is usually on July 4, beginning at about 9:30 PM. However, relatively few persons know the difference between an ion rocket and a chemical combustion rocket. Even fewer persons are aware of the concept of a fission rocket or a fusion rocket. Most folks will likely believe that a matter-antimatter rocket has something to do with Star Trek and Warp Drive when in actuality, such rockets are simply forms of reactionary propulsion that operate on analogous principles to the rockets we see on a daily basis such as in news reports of the ongoing conflicts in Middle East. Among physicists, relatively few will have taken the time to contemplate neutrino rockets, and even fewer will have gone the further step of contemplating gravitational wave or gravitational radiation rockets. Ahhh! Gravitational Rockets! A general relativistic form of good old fashioned rocketry! The latter is the subject of this book. A gravitational wave rocket would produce an exhaust stream equal in velocity to the speed of light. The radiated gravitational energy would carry away momentum and thus produce an exhaust stream that drives the space craft forward. Rocket flight still offers the possibility of theoretical surprises. Relativistic rocket flight has great appeal if for no other reason than that rockets are self-contained and need not rely on background energy input extracted from the locations of space travel. No doubt, the study of rocket science has much room for further development. When coupled with general relativistic approaches, some fascinating possibilities arise for enhancing time dilation and spacecraft velocity. At the time of this writing in late March, here just 15 miles West of Washington D.C., I have Independence Day fireworks on my mind and am looking forward to the warm weather. As such, many of us in the states will enjoy the crude but pleasantly colored pops and bursts from bottle rockets and the bold booms and sky-lighting illumination of large municipal fire-works displays. So, just about every person of the age of reason can understand the basic principles of operation of rockets. Thus, I hope you will enjoy this tour of fascinating rocket concepts. I have many additional books in this series planned.

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