New Mars Forums

This is to announce the publication for comment my research in Celestial Mechanics here at the University of Texas at Austin, called "The Theory of F and G Forces."  Everything is on my web site at http://home.austin.rr.com/cmlab/

The project begins with the premise that the two failed Mars missions lately (plus six more by the Russians years ago ~ they never did reach Mars) were NOT caused by hardware problems, but by a gravitational anomaly in the vicinity of Mars.  I develop evidence of this new aspect of gravity from fundamental theory and mathematical analysis; also with several computer studies. 

Five missions are now en route to Mars - two American, one British, one European, and one Japanese.  If my theory is even partly correct, those missions have a diminished chance of success.

Everything you need to understand this phenomenon is on my web site:

* an 80 page summary of the classical Two Body Problem (2BP) of Celestial Mechanics for those who need brushing up on the basics

* this textbook shows a series of subtle "flaws" in current theory, focusing on the f- and g-functions which are also solutions to the 2BP

* a transformation into the complex plane of the 2PB that shows three forces acting; Newtonian gravity ~ and the other two assumed to be the f- and g-forces

* a simple numerical study of the planets in our Solar System that gives a physical structure, and point of origin of these two new forces

* a computer model of the Earth to Mars trajectory that gives further support, showing these forces have physical wavefronts that combine in a typical "shock wave"

* physical evidence of these forces on the surface of Mars, near the point of origin of one of these forces, in the so-called "water wash" patterns

* another study of the Solar System results in an actual measurement of the amplitude and wavelength of these f- and g-waves (i.e. near Mars' orbit and the Sun)

I hope you have a chance to visit.

Bill Clark
UT Austin