What is Anti-Gravity?
Anti-gravity is a concept that focuses on creating a means of being free from the force of gravity. The idea has long been a staple in many works of science fiction and is often employed as a tool that allows persons to manipulate the gravitational pull of a planet or other body to best advantage. Over the years, this has led to the imagination of all sorts of anti-gravity devices ranging from anti-gravity boots that allow persons to minimize the impact of gravity on the wearer to massive anti-gravity devices that make escaping the atmosphere of a planet a simple process. It is important to note that the underlying principle of anti-gravity does not involve the elimination of gravity per se. Even in science fiction, the idea of destroying the gravitational pull of a planet or other heavenly body is understood to cause chaos. Instead, anti-gravity methods and devices seek to free a particular object from the forces of gravity that continues to function normally on all other objects with
In an attempt to describe anti-gravity I had to say A means by which objects can be lifted, overcoming the gravitational pull of the earth. It then occurred to me that we were already applying anti-gravitational techniques in our everyday life. When we get out of bed in the morning we employ anti-gravity. An airplane, rocket, fork-lift truck and an elevator are technologies devised to overcome the effects of gravity. Even a car rolling along on its wheels is an anti-gravity device. Without the wheels and a propulsion system, it would be just dead weight.
