> > > Now try to imagine a > place where the aether density is less than in the surrounding space.
Well, I know that in a tornado (vortex in air), you get high and low pressure zones. That is why, for example, even though the air is moving in circles parallel with the ground, a house gets sucked *up* the vortex. Because there is a low pressure zone inside the funnel. I suppose if you have a vortex made of some other medium than air, analogous phenomena may occur. If you have a vortex of "space" or "aether" or whatever you want to call the medium through which radio waves propagate -- I guess you could have a low "pressure" zone relative to the surrounding volume. > If you can pump enough out to equal the weight of the structure, than the > net weight would be zero. Any less, and it > would be negative and you would have an anti-gravity device, analogous to > a hot air balloon, but capable of operating in > outer space. > I find this fascinating and not ridiculous. Are you speaking from personal experience? I mean, have you operated, or observed the operation, of such a device? Can you of the vortex-l community recommend a good place to publish my data?