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Instantaneous Translocation Technology (ITT): Development, Impact, and Ramifications

What is ITT and how did the term “jump” originate in its context? ITT stands for Instantaneous Translocation Technology nowadays. But back in the time it was the acronym for Inverse Time Travel. Time-travel was, is a fictional concept used in (fantasy) literature where people travel back an forward in time, but stayed in the same spot. Now do the other thing. You stay in almost the same time, just milliseconds away, but relocate in a total different spot. Amara Varna, a self-taught physicist and artist, realised the concept of spacetime had a flaw, and it was all about perception (becomes later in her life the main theme of her art). What if you say time-space instead of spacetime, which inverses the relation, the way we think about space and time. Time is usually consumed, perceived, as an ongoing linear vector, it ticks always forward. Space is the “static” 3 dimensional we live in. We can move because of time. Once we put the two together, we get spacetime bend by gravity. Time on Earth beeps faster than in space. Now reverse the relation of time and space, time is a 3 dimensional factor, and space that moving continuum, you get time-space, still impacted by gravity. You move in time, the space is ticking forward, the result is you relocate, not in time, but in spacetime. Technically on the hind side this only viable for a short amount of time-space, because it does cost energy to establish such the inversed time-space state. Now if you think that could done forever, it might be just a question on energy, you are kind of right, but it comes with two pitfalls: the energy costs grow potentially along time-space and pretty soon gravity kicks in and the whole state collapses - it’s an interactive correlation of the amount of energy and the moved mass in time-space and the “nearby” masses. When we say near, we measure in AU or Lightyears. Theoretically if you imaging an total vacuum and move a no-mass the space could tick infinitely in for no time. Still today the Maths are confusing, but it works.

The term “jump” originates from the early experimental phase where the first ITT experiments resulted in relatively large, tangential movements across the Earth’s surface. These early jumps necessitated parachute landings, giving rise to the descriptive term “jump”. Modern ITT involves more precise vertical micro-jumps, typically around 1 meter per millisecond, which are now used in orbital vehicles.

Can you explain the key phases in the development of ITT? ITT development can be broken down into eight key phases:

Experimental ITT Phase (late 2024): Initial tangential jumps, invented near Mumbai, India. Global ITT Satellite Network & Airpocalypse (2030–2040): StellarLink’s ITT-jump-Network uses Earth’s gravity to stabilise ITT corridors. This leads to instant relocation via hubs globally, initially limited to 200kg payloads and the collapse of the air travel market. Primitive ITT-Drives for Rockets (2060–2080): Miniaturized ITT reactors integrated into rockets reduce fuel needs. Trans-Planetary Spaceships: ITT-drives facilitate travel to Mars and the inner asteroid belt. Improved Speeds (0.1c to 0.5c): Higher speeds require ITT-buffering. FTL Development (1.03c): The first faster-than-light flight is achieved. Stable FTL (1.1c to 4-5c): Continuous improvements in FTL technology. Hyperspace Era (7c to 13c): Discovery of hyperspace effects influenced by gravity. What is the significance of StellarLink in the history of ITT, and what controversies surround its operations? StellarLink plays a pivotal role, acquiring exclusive rights to the ITT patent in 2029 and deploying the global ITT-jump-Network. The company initially claimed ownership of “all spacetime relocation methods”, sparking controversy. The “Airpocalypse” of the 2030s, caused by the collapse of the air travel market after StellarLink’s network was established, is a direct consequence of their dominance.

What is “ITT-buffering” and why is it necessary? ITT-buffering is a technology developed to manage the extreme conditions encountered at high ITT speeds, particularly as vessels approach and exceed fractions of the speed of light (0.1c to 0.5c). Advanced buffers stabilise event horizons during FTL jumps, making travel safer and more efficient.

What are some of the social and political ramifications of ITT’s development? ITT’s development has profound social and political impacts. Early military testing led to disasters, such as the Nairobi slum obliteration. StellarLink’s monopolisation of ITT sparks controversy. The “Asterion Collective” represents refugee movements in the asteroid belt advocating for independence. Earth sees social upheavals, including the “Airpocalypse”, and new social streams of thought.

How does ITT affect space travel times within our solar system and beyond? ITT dramatically reduces travel times compared to conventional methods. For example, a trip to Mars can be reduced from approximately 9 months to 30-50 days (shortest trajectory with ITT + AFF). For interstellar travel, reaching Proxima Centauri could take between 1-20 years with ITT+AFF for the shortest trajectories, compared to thousands of years with conventional propulsion.

What are the challenges and considerations for designing spacecraft using ITT? Designing ITT-enabled spacecraft involves many unique challenges. Energy consumption is a key factor, with ITT initially consuming about 27 litres of gasoline equivalent per tonne, limiting payload capacity. Balancing thrust and acceleration, managing relativistic effects like time dilation, and developing sustainable closed-loop life support systems for long duration journeys are crucial considerations. Additionally, engines are small in terms of thrust but are specialised for interplanetary missions due to long burn times, multiple relight capability, and high efficiency.

Why is GBB mend to be so important for the further development in the year 3024/25 aka Gong 0? It allow proper synchronisation over the inhabited galaxy and interstellar quantum communications / streaming (MEME-tech).

What is the GBB time standard, and how does it relate to Proxima Centauri? GBB, or Gong Bell Beep, is a time standard based on the orbital years of Proxima Centauri’s planets. It is fully metric, dividing time into gongs, bells, beeps, centiBepps, and microBeeps. The base unit is derived from the average orbital period of Proxima Centauri’s three planets, which is 648.1 Earth days. It reflects the growing importance of the Proxima Centauri system in human affairs, and aims to provide a universal, metric standard for the new age of spacefaring civilisations.

ITT-hubs

ITT-hub do have usually arrival and a departure terminals. This division is senseful because it avoids passengers to collide in side a terminal. A single hub-terminal looked like a long corridor container with both ends open. More recent hub-terminals look like a walk-through-box or a free-standing door-frame. A green light tells you if you can pass you walk through the tunnel from one end to the other, carrying your luggage is optional. You start at one hub, let’s say “New Melbourne” and exit another terminal in “Birmingham”. Sometimes there are extra terminals for luggage and postal services. The relocation is always smooth. Frameless terminals are possible, but approved to be impractical due to security-concern and disorientation of the passengers.

Hubs are possible through the gravity bending effects of large planetary objects, Earth, Mars, Amara, Bernard, Sagan, Jeffeys, Zillkosky etc. - just to name some common installations of OCNs (Orbital-Connection-Networks)

This part of the document reviews the key themes and ideas related to Instantaneous Translocation Technology (ITT) and its impact across a range of topics, from interplanetary travel times and spacecraft design to societal implications. The core focus is on the phased development of ITT, the technological advancements that enabled it, and its influence on space exploration and the terrestrial landscape. It also touches on related concepts like AFF (presumably another propulsion technology) and the challenges of relativistic space travel.

Key Themes and Ideas:

ITT Development Timeline: The evolution of ITT is presented as a series of distinct phases, highlighting key advancements and their consequences.

Phase 1: Experimental ITT Phase (Late 2024): Invented nearby Mumbai, India. Early “jumps” were tangential to Earth and large, necessitating parachute landings. “The first ITT-jumps were tangential to earth an rather large, compared to the needs of a vertical acceleration.” The reason for calling them “jumps” is noted.

Phase 2: Global ITT Satellite Network & Airpocalypse (2030–2040): 2029: StellarLink acquires general ITT-patent license. 2030: StellarLink begins deploying the “ITT-jump-Network,” a constellation of satellites harnessing Earth’s gravity to stabilize ITT corridors. “StellarLink begins deploying the ITT-jump-Network , a constellation of satellites that harness Earth’s gravity to stabilize ITT corridors.” This enables instant cargo and passenger relocation via hubs worldwide, initially with payloads limited to 200kg. Cities bid for ITT-Hubs. The air travel market experiences significant crashes. Example: Hamburg’s hub debuts with a “jump” of a live bison to Montana. People jump from “jump-box to jump-box by stepping into a tunnel in the departure location and walking out in the arrival location.” By 2048 the “all spacetime relocation methods” claim in the patent ITT-001 is overturned

Phase 3: Primitive ITT-Drives for Rockets (2060–2080): ITT reactors miniaturized and integrated into conventional rockets, reducing fuel needs by 70%. Ships achieve “vertical micro-jumps” of 1km upward per ms. Ares Dynamics’ Red Pioneer uses ITT-assisted hops to reach Mars in 60 days. Crews experience “Jump Sickness” (nausea from rapid spacetime shifts).

Phase 4: Trans-Planetary Spaceships: ITT-drives are used for travel to Mars and the inner asteroid belt. Phase 5: Improved Speeds (0.1c to 0.5c): Higher speeds necessitate the development of “ITT-buffering.”

Phase 6: FTL Development (1.03c): The first FTL (Faster Than Light) flight is achieved.

Phase 7: Stable FTL (1.1c to 4-5c): Steady advancements in FTL technology.

Phase 8: Hyperspace Era (7c to 13c): Detection of hyperspace effects, which are influenced by gravity sources. “Hyperspace drops in between 7 and 13c…almost any gravity source has an effect.” Hyperspace decomposition can be triggered by other FTL spacecraft.

The Definition of ITT “Jumps”: Early ITT jumps were large and tangential to Earth, contrasting with modern vertical micro-jumps used in orbital vehicles (OVs). “The first ITT-jumps were tangential to earth an rather large, compared to the needs of a vertical acceleration.” Vertical micro-jumps have a length of approximately 1 meter per millisecond or smaller. Larger micro-jumps are possible only outside a considerable distance from a planet’s body.

ITT-Buffering: This technology became essential as ITT speeds increased, specifically when approaching and exceeding fractions of the speed of light (0.1c to 0.5c). Modern vessels use advanced buffers capable of stabilizing event horizons created during FTL jumps.

Hyperspace Decomposition: This phenomenon occurs at speeds between 7c and 13c and is affected by gravity sources. Even another FTL spacecraft can trigger it.

ITT and Space Travel Timelines: ITT significantly reduces travel times across the solar system, compared to conventional methods. For instance, travel to Mars could be reduced from ~9 months to ~30-50 days (shortest trajectory with ITT + AFF). Calculations are made for travel times to other star systems.

For Proxima Centauri the traveltimes calculated are: Conventional 4,240 years at 0.001c (0.1% of lightspeed), with ITT+AFF between 1-20 years for the shortest trajectories. and as well for ITT+AFF 40-70 years for the longest trajectories Travel time calculations also account for relativistic effects, particularly time dilation, which becomes significant at higher speeds. ITT provides some relativistic stability due to the time consumed for each micro-jump. (the spacetime vs. time-space divergence)

About the energy consumption of ITT:

A modern 2000/2020 jet plane uses 3.25 - 4.5 litres diesel equivalent per person aka 100kg & 100km.

Not included is the environmental harm factor(EHF), which doubles the amount that one has to take into account, because planes burn kerosine - which more or less equals diesel - in the atmosphere critical zones of 10000 metres.

A modern fast passenger train-train requires 0.9 - 2.0 litres diesel per person & 100km equivalent. (EHF ~ 0.5 to 1.2 depending on the available resources)

A (methane) space-rocket burns ~12t per 1t in the length of 100-200km. EHF must be assumed as if would be a plane. That’s a 23520 litres/t per ascend or more depending on the reached orbit. In other words ~90 litres per 100kg & 100km. Yet you lift someone in space or not. And you can not calculate the immense EHF, when a rocket explodes between 80-150km height, because this creates each time a hole in the ozone layer for week if not months.

27 litres diesel equivalent per ton is quite low for a technology just introduce, not optimized like trains, planes, or rockets are. Lower than the average of any plane or rocket, doesn’t ripples holes into the ozone layer, and has the same EHF like any speed-train.

The constraint that a ITT rocket in the beginning of the development already reduced the energy consumption by 40% is an achievement. Also those rockets rarely exploded.(twice in the first 50 years.)

The real environmental harm is comparable with that of other disruptive technologies. As soon as they are accepted, they replace older (trusted) tech rather then compliment them, and are widely overused the extent. Pretty much like AI - one AI farm with a 10000 users has almost no effect, but we talk about large distributed installations and almost a billion of users.

ITT shares the same effect - travel increases, rocket launches are more reliable. stable and becoming save and possible from anywhere where once airplanes landed.

A table has been provided for comparison.

Spacecraft Design and Propulsion: A Mars vehicle for 5 people is envisioned, with an estimated mass of ~50,000 kg. Thrust requirements are calculated based on desired acceleration. The engine for the Mars vehicle is characterized as small in terms of thrust (280-550kN) but specialized for interplanetary missions due to its long burn times, multiple relight capability, and high efficiency. The engine envisioned is build out of 54 chambers feeding the 54 blades of the triangular linear spike engine, each chamber producing around 5 to 10 kN. It is estimated this might be powered with a thorium battery. The Mars vehicle’s characteristics and the application of “inverse Time travel” aka. ITT are discussed. Energy and Resources: ITT consumes approximately 27 litres of gasoline(Diesel) equivalent per ton, initially limiting payload capacity. The estimated EHF environmental harm factor depends strongly on the local-energy.grid.

Jade Horizon Energy pioneers zero-carbon ITT reactors powered by orbital solar farms, contrasting with other companies’ reliance on less sustainable energy sources. The feasibility of building self-sustaining space stations on asteroids is discussed, emphasizing the importance of resource availability.

Social and Political Implications: Early ITT development had some negative effects such as a covert military testing of “jump bombs” that resulted in a backlash, “after a misfire obliterated a Nairobi urban district.”.

The StellarLink corporation exerts considerable influence over ITT technology, acquiring exclusive rights to the ITT patent which are controversially claiming ownership of “all spacetime relocation methods”. The patent for ITT-drives had been revoked by (2024). The rise of “Asterion Collective” indicates social unrest and refugee movements within the asteroid belt, advocating for independence and self-sufficiency. Terrestrial social disruptions include the “Airpocalypse,”(1.: 2035, final: 2039) stemming from the crash of the air travel market and essential part of the air&space industries following the introduction of StellarLink’s network is fully established. It restructured the whole industry, thousands lost their job, ten-thousands gained new jobs.

Geopolitical Factors The climate change is impacting on earth. The central populated metropolises struggle with survival, will be relocated in the inlands or will vanish. The sea levels will rase to 5-10m or more. The Antarctica will be habitable in parts. Social movements on earth are: disillusioned, ignorant, nature-phantasm Space-Fractions: orbital, Moon, Mars, each is the self declared “true”.

Time Standard The time standard remains for another 1000 years Earth’s unreliable UTC-timing, mostly impractical on all other planets and star-systems. GBB was Proxima’s approach to tackle this. It became standard in 3024/25 with GBB 0.0.0. The new time-standard is adaptable to local timing, aka sun-time, dawn and set in location, keeping track with local specifics while synchronizing it with/against universal time.

Key Quotes:

“The first ITT-jumps were tangential to earth an rather large, compared to the needs of a vertical acceleration.” “StellarLink begins deploying the ITT-jump-Network, a constellation of satellites that harness Earth’s gravity to stabilize ITT corridors.” “Hyperspace drops in between 7 and 13c…almost any gravity source has an effect.” “Jump Sickness.” “ITT consumes **27 litres of gasoline equivalent per ton” Cities bid for ITT-Hubs. People jump from “jump-box to jump-box by stepping into a tunnel in the departure location and walking out in the arrival location.” Konstantyn Tsiolkowsky: “Tsiolkovsky was not just a scientist but a dreamer. He believed that humanity’s destiny lay among the stars, even if he couldn’t see the path there himself.” Recommendations:

Further research is needed to fully understand the implications of hyperspace decomposition and to mitigate its risks.

Continued investment in sustainable energy sources for ITT is critical to ensure long-term viability and minimize environmental impact.

Addressing social inequalities related to access to ITT is important to prevent further unrest and promote equitable development.

A cooperative approach towards all space fraction (orbital, moon, mars) should be investigated and considered.

Appendix:

Lists of exoplanets and star designations (HD, GJ, Kepler, etc.) mentioned in the sources. Distances of planets/objects from the sun and the neighbour planets. PlanetsMin. distance to the sun (AU)average distance to the solar sun (AU)Max. distance to the sun (AU)distance to the next object (average, AU)Mercury0.3070.3870.4670.336 (to Venus)Venus0.7180.7230.7280.277 (to Earth)Earth0.9831.0001.0170.524 (to Mars)Mars1.3811.5241.6661.176 (to the Asteroid belt)Asteroid belt2.02.73.42.504 (to Jupiter)Jupiter4.9505.2045.4584.378 (to Saturn)Saturn9.0419.58210.1239.609 (to Uranus)Uranus18.28619.19120.09610.879 (to Neptune)Neptune29.77130.07030.37015.0 (to the Kuiper belt)Kuiper belt30.045.055.0~50000 (to the Oort-cloud)Oort-cloud~2.000~50.000100.000+~1.000.000 AE (to the next Oort-Cloud / Proxima Centauri)This briefing doc provides a consolidated overview of the material provided.

why hyperspace travel fails

Barnard’s Star has a mass of about 0.16 solar masses ( M ☉), and a radius about 0.2 times that of the Sun. Thus, although Barnard’s Star has roughly 150 times the mass of Jupiter ( M J), its radius is only roughly 2 times larger, due to its much higher density.

The normal physics explains that with a swing by on heavy bodies like planets, moons, celestial bodies are, you can accelerate your spaceship. Now remind yourself: we made the assumption, that large bodies like earth do bend spacetime, which they do indeed. Specifically here, in a way, that OCN, ITT.hubs, JUMP around the world are possible. Earth’s moon is to close to earth, so it was hard to implement an OCN on Moon in the early years, but on Mars it was feasible. Moon might also have just not enough gravity to establish a stable OCN under the given circumstances? To leave/enter earth’s gravity a single JUMP is impractical, destructive, therefore ITT-assisted lift-bodies, rockets, rely on conventional rocket engines combined with ITT-micro-JUMPs, less than 1m per ms, to create vertical lift. A ITT rocket start shines hollow lucent compared to the solid experience of an old/fashioned rocket launch.

The real problem for faster than 7c JUMPs is the fact that it is theoretical possible, practical done with high risk and anything beyond 13c simply ignoring the fact, that any star-system is a source of gravity-disturbance.

The Kuiper Massacre is an failed attempt of multiple ships to achieve high velocities above 13c trying a swing-by manoeuvre within the reach of Pluto’s and Charon’s gravities field, actually parts of the fleet tried a double swing in between Charon and Pluto and the fragments destroyed many of the observing ships killing 1000nds on the “Nitetona Mobile Constructer Dock” and other smaller vessels.

Swing-by experiments rather have to take multiple reasons in concern: [For the story these facts are unknown before 3025!]

for the story known state of the art is: