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Will we ever design a spacecraft that can exceed the speed of light?
Posted on 10/13/21 at 11:19 am
Posted on 10/13/21 at 11:19 am
I say not in our lifetime.
Speed of light = 186,000 miles per second, or 669,600,000 mph.
Even if we somehow design something that reaches those speeds, how is the human body going to be able to withstand it. How do you steer something going that fast? How do you avoid space debris going 186,000 mps?
BTW, the moon is only 239,000 miles from Earth, so basically less than 1.3 seconds at light speed. Closest star is Proxima Centauri which is 4.246 light years. A light-year is 5.88 trillion miles, so 24.966 trillion miles from Earth.
Speed of light = 186,000 miles per second, or 669,600,000 mph.
Even if we somehow design something that reaches those speeds, how is the human body going to be able to withstand it. How do you steer something going that fast? How do you avoid space debris going 186,000 mps?
BTW, the moon is only 239,000 miles from Earth, so basically less than 1.3 seconds at light speed. Closest star is Proxima Centauri which is 4.246 light years. A light-year is 5.88 trillion miles, so 24.966 trillion miles from Earth.
This post was edited on 10/13/21 at 11:23 am
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Posted on 10/13/21 at 11:20 am to bhtigerfan
Would require infinite energy.
So, no.
So, no.
Posted on 10/13/21 at 11:21 am to bhtigerfan
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A light-year is 5.88 trillion miles, so 24.966 trillion miles
Sounds like Dominion Voting algorithms
Posted on 10/13/21 at 11:21 am to bhtigerfan
That already happened nearly 40 years ago
Posted on 10/13/21 at 11:21 am to bhtigerfan
It's a little early to be smoking pot don't you think?
To answer your question: we will be able to bend space before we have real light speed travel. (portal travel, etc.)
To answer your question: we will be able to bend space before we have real light speed travel. (portal travel, etc.)
Posted on 10/13/21 at 11:22 am to bhtigerfan
More likely scenerio is human kind ending or "resetting" in much smaller numbers via a plague, famine, war or extinction level event.
Earth will keep right on spinning though
Earth will keep right on spinning though
Posted on 10/13/21 at 11:23 am to bhtigerfan
Did you not watch Star Trek or Star Wars?
Posted on 10/13/21 at 11:24 am to bhtigerfan
no dumb arse
Posted on 10/13/21 at 11:25 am to bhtigerfan
quote:
I say not in our lifetime.
Posted on 10/13/21 at 11:25 am to bhtigerfan
Nope
Posted on 10/13/21 at 11:26 am to bhtigerfan
Not until the laws of physics change.
Posted on 10/13/21 at 11:27 am to bhtigerfan
quote:
Will we ever design a spacecraft that can exceed the speed of light?
No.
quote:
Even if we somehow design something that reaches those speeds, how is the human body going to be able to withstand it.
You'd have to gradually accelerate to light speed, once you're there isn't not going to feel any different. Accelerating there at a rate that a human can withstand is going to take forever though.
Posted on 10/13/21 at 11:28 am to bhtigerfan
No.
It would have to assume the mass of the universe. Warp would jump thru wormholes and that’s different.
It would have to assume the mass of the universe. Warp would jump thru wormholes and that’s different.
This post was edited on 10/13/21 at 11:30 am
Posted on 10/13/21 at 11:28 am to bhtigerfan
It’s impossible
Posted on 10/13/21 at 11:28 am to DomincDecoco
quote:Until.. it doesn't.
Earth will keep right on spinning though
Posted on 10/13/21 at 11:29 am to cgrand
quote:WTF is so funny about that? I’m sure people born in the late 19th century before air travel was invented, though that putting men on the moon in their lifetime was impossible also. But they saw it.
I say not in our lifetime.
Posted on 10/13/21 at 11:30 am to bhtigerfan
If you put headlights on the front of the spacecraft and then turn on the headlights while exceeding the speed of light, does this mean that the lights will be shining in the pilot's eyes?
Posted on 10/13/21 at 11:31 am to bhtigerfan
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Will we ever design a spacecraft that can exceed the speed of light?
First we have to discover the physics that will allow us to equal or exceed the speed of light. If that is ever done we will understand the parameters needed to build a craft that can withstand the physics required to equal or exceed the speed of light.
I think it can be done, but it won't be done because we are all to focused on figuring out new ways to kill each other.
Posted on 10/13/21 at 11:31 am to bhtigerfan
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I say not in our lifetime.
Good call.
Posted on 10/13/21 at 11:31 am to bhtigerfan
quote:The closest star is the Sun. It takes about 8 minutes for light to get to use from there.
Closest star is Proxima Centauri which is 4.246 light years.
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