Introduction
When the theory of Relativity was first announced to the world in 1905 and published in its general form in 1916 it was hailed as an astounding breakthrough by the scientific community. The general world subsequently marveled and acclaimed it in 1920, with the majority without a real appreciation of its impact, or even relate to it as easily as Newtonian mechanics. It was once said that when Albert Einstein met Charlie Chaplin he praised him for not speaking a word and had the whole world understood his silent movies. In reply Chaplin said it was even more amazing that the general world marveled and praised Einstein’s discovery without understanding what the discovery meant. Since Newtonian-based engineering solutions involve space-time Special (SR) and general relativity (GR) render them as approximations because most terrestrial applications involve moving frame relative velocities negligible compared to the speed of light. Purists however would want to know what if engineering solutions include relativistic effects, in particular applications of communications in deep space, interstellar observations, or even the effect of gravitation on time-based internet applications.
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