After reading Jocelyn Bell Burnell's discovery of Pulsar, an idea came to my mind. Can we deploy a ferrite ball that can be spinned using varying magnetic fields? Metal ball would be spinned using two satellites that are in the same orbit. The magnetic fields produced by the satellites keep the metal ball from escaping and alternating fields would spin it almost indefinitely. Can we achieve relativistic speeds on the spinning ball before it explodes due to centrifugal forces? This experiment can be conducted in special labs, but high-altitude orbit with no air drag, zero gravity and continuous power supply from the sun would make it easier to conduct it in space. As the metal balls strength is improved, a hollow ball filled with deuterium and tritium can also be tested for a fusion reaction.
If we want to explore the universe, we should be able to travel fast. We should start experimenting the large mass's reaction in relativistic speeds. E = mc² :)
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