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This Defense Intelligence Reference Document was prepared by the Defense Intelligence Agency under its Advanced Aerospace Weapon System Applications (AAWSA) program, is dated 6 April 2010 and is part of a series of advanced technology reports produced in FY 2009. It reviews proposed laboratory generators and detectors of high-frequency gravitational waves for communications. It favors an infrared-excited molecules transmitter and the Li-Baker detector, estimating about 1.9 million bits per second over 7,000 km through the Earth. It also discusses timing standards and interplanetary navigation uses.
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UNCLASSIFIED//P81il 8PPI8Iilrt 1!181!! &HLY refraction or bending of gravitational rays), backscatter, and/or other characteristics can be modified by a material object's texture and internal structure. For example, the change in polarization of a GW passing through a material object is discussed in Misner, Thorne, and Wheeler (1973): "In the real universe there are spacetime curvatures due not only to the energy of gravitational waves, but also more importantly to the material [objects and structures] content of the universe ... its wavelength changes [based on gravitational red shift] and [the gravitational wave] backscatters off the curvature to some extent. If the wave is a pulse, then the backscatter will cause its shape and polarization .... " It is difficult to theoretically establish the actual magnitude of the changes, especially at very high frequencies (10 14 Hz and higher) and to quantify them prior to HFGW generation/detection laboratory experiments. 4.5 2050 AND BEYOND The phases of human space exploration may be divided into the following phases: • Epoch 1 - Interplanetary Exploration • Epoch 2 - Interstellar Exploration • Epoch 3 - Intergalactic Exploration • Epoch 4 - Universal Exploration Each phase will have its own challenges and opportunities, but one can certainly speculate that the human need for connectedness and communication knows no bounds. So any scope of expansion beyond Epoch 1 will have enormous challenges in the area of communication. The vast distances involved will require some form of communication that entails faster-than-light (FTL) propagation. While this is a highly speculative area, such schemes have been proposed for FTL HFGW. Both Fontana and Mehalic (unpublished reports) have proposed models of the universe, such as the trispace model, in which subluminal or luminal gravitational waves may couple into a super-luminal "parallel universe" inside which FTL speeds are possible. Such as scheme would be required to communicate between star systems and galaxies if humankind is to maintain any type of cohesive civilization. Without communications we have a history of fractured civilization, and we slip into becoming our own worst enemy. Universal communication holds the lofty promise of universal peace. 5.0 Acknowledgements The research published in technical papers authored by Gary Stephenson, chief investigator for Seculine Consulting, (Stephenson, 2009a, Harper Stephenson (2007) and Stephenson (2009b)) were crucial in the preparation of this study and is gratefully acknowledged. 6.0 References Baker, R. ML, Jr. (1967), ASTROOYNAMICS: Applications and Advanced Topics, Academic Press, New York and London Baker, R. ML, Jr. (2000), Chinese Patent Number 0510055882.2 37 UNCLASSIFIED//F811. 8FFll!IAI! l!l!il! 811LV
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