I could totally travel faster than the speed of light.
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So say in the future people have spaceships that can reach pretty high speeds. With the zero resistance of space you would never really 'lose' momentum.
Say you reach that point close to light speed where because of your current mass you just can't generate the energy to accelerate further.
Still with me?
Now, what would happen if you flew directly towards a black hole?
The added 'pull' from the black-hole could help you reach light speed.
Could it work?
Say you reach that point close to light speed where because of your current mass you just can't generate the energy to accelerate further.
Still with me?
Now, what would happen if you flew directly towards a black hole?
The added 'pull' from the black-hole could help you reach light speed.
Could it work?
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Wait..What's the point of reaching lightspeed if you end up getting killed in the Blackhole...I'm not a rocket scientist but aren't black holes a little dangerous
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Don't aim right at the black hole, aim just past it. use the added gravity as a slingshot.
also, for even more fun, go to the back of the ship and start running towards the front. that way if the ship does reach light speed, you can say you went even faster.
also, for even more fun, go to the back of the ship and start running towards the front. that way if the ship does reach light speed, you can say you went even faster.
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animefreak_usa
Child of Samael
If your traveling faster than light then you age slowly but every thing outside will age normally... one light year equals 100 years i think.
314 ft per sec
60 sec
60 min
24 hr
7 day
4week
12x month
------
9,115,545,600 ft per year
Meh ghetto math.
But i don't know if that true either.
314 ft per sec
60 sec
60 min
24 hr
7 day
4week
12x month
------
9,115,545,600 ft per year
Meh ghetto math.
But i don't know if that true either.
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Tegumi
"im always cute"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_holes
Or more concisely,
http://astro.airynothing.com/2006/02/black_holes_do_not_suck.html
Or more concisely,
http://astro.airynothing.com/2006/02/black_holes_do_not_suck.html
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Some people here in the forum seem to have a serious lack in theory of relativity, i have seen similar threads as this. Everyone please look it up for your own education.
But to answer your question specifically:
The faster you get with your ship, the greater is your mass. The more mass you have, the more energy it needs to accelerate your ship. The closer your speed approaches light speed, the more your ship's mass approaches infinite. Therefore for further acceleration, almost infinite energy is required. And since there is no infinite energy, your ship will never get as fast as light speed or faster, no matter with how many forces you try to "pull" it with.
But to answer your question specifically:
The faster you get with your ship, the greater is your mass. The more mass you have, the more energy it needs to accelerate your ship. The closer your speed approaches light speed, the more your ship's mass approaches infinite. Therefore for further acceleration, almost infinite energy is required. And since there is no infinite energy, your ship will never get as fast as light speed or faster, no matter with how many forces you try to "pull" it with.
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Reaper_69 wrote...
Wait..What's the point of reaching lightspeed if you end up getting killed in the Blackhole...I'm not a rocket scientist but aren't black holes a little dangerous The thing is that even rocket scientists don't even know if black holes are dangerous or not. It's just speculations.
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animefreak_usa wrote...
If your traveling faster than light then you age slowly but every thing outside will age normally... one light year equals 100 years i think.314 ft per sec
60 sec
60 min
24 hr
7 day
4week
12x month
------
9,115,545,600 ft per year
Meh ghetto math.
But i don't know if that true either.
I think you are right! Well this phenomenon mentioned in holy book i guess.. To be specific, read it on your own..
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seagull123 wrote...
The thing is that even rocket scientists don't even know if black holes are dangerous or not. It's just speculations.I'm pretty sure that the crushing gravity that is apparent in all black holes is hazardous. In point of fact, the gravity in a black hole is so intense that not even light can escape it.
I think going near an object that not even light can escape from is hazardous to your health.
Also, troll physics thread?
Spoiler:
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animefreak_usa wrote...
If your traveling faster than light then you age slowly but every thing outside will age normally... one light year equals 100 years i think.314 ft per sec
60 sec
60 min
24 hr
7 day
4week
12x month
------
9,115,545,600 ft per year
Meh ghetto math.
But i don't know if that true either.
A light year is a measure of distance, not time. A measure of how much distance light travels in a year.
One light year is equal to about 5.88 trillion miles.
Tachyon wrote...
Some people here in the forum seem to have a serious lack in theory of relativity, i have seen similar threads as this. Everyone please look it up for your own education. But to answer your question specifically:
The faster you get with your ship, the greater is your mass. The more mass you have, the more energy it needs to accelerate your ship. The closer your speed approaches light speed, the more your ship's mass approaches infinite. Therefore for further acceleration, almost infinite energy is required. And since there is no infinite energy, your ship will never get as fast as light speed or faster, no matter with how many forces you try to "pull" it with.
That's pretty much it. It would be extremely difficult to get a spaceship to accelerate to even 50% the speed of light.
Physics gets in the way.
There is something that can move faster than light. Space itself. Space can expand faster than the speed of light. I doubt that is useful though
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Tachyon wrote...
Some people here in the forum seem to have a serious lack in theory of relativity, i have seen similar threads as this. Everyone please look it up for your own education. But to answer your question specifically:
The faster you get with your ship, the greater is your mass. The more mass you have, the more energy it needs to accelerate your ship. The closer your speed approaches light speed, the more your ship's mass approaches infinite. Therefore for further acceleration, almost infinite energy is required. And since there is no infinite energy, your ship will never get as fast as light speed or faster, no matter with how many forces you try to "pull" it with.
Hahahaha, like always theory of relativity is in the way.
But see it in a positive way, if some do found an infinite energy source would it solve the problem to this. Even so would infinite energy against the law of conservation of energy.
As Tachyon said, you need infinite energy and without that speed of light is impossible. Unless u found a catalyst to achieve infinite energy or a source of infinite energy, which in our case the probability is almost 0.
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animefreak_usa
Child of Samael
meltme wrote...
Spoiler:
I know it a for distance but somewhere i read that to travel one light year it would take 100 year even if you had a craft that even travel at light speed... could be a scifi show or something.
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Ieryuuda wrote...
Tachyon wrote...
Some people here in the forum seem to have a serious lack in theory of relativity, i have seen similar threads as this. Everyone please look it up for your own education. But to answer your question specifically:
The faster you get with your ship, the greater is your mass. The more mass you have, the more energy it needs to accelerate your ship. The closer your speed approaches light speed, the more your ship's mass approaches infinite. Therefore for further acceleration, almost infinite energy is required. And since there is no infinite energy, your ship will never get as fast as light speed or faster, no matter with how many forces you try to "pull" it with.
Hahahaha, like always theory of relativity is in the way.
But see it in a positive way, if some do found an infinite energy source would it solve the problem to this. Even so would infinite energy against the law of conservation of energy.
As Tachyon said, you need infinite energy and without that speed of light is impossible. Unless u found a catalyst to achieve infinite energy or a source of infinite energy, which in our case the probability is almost 0.
It's not the ability to continuously generate energy infinitely, it's the ability to generate an amount of energy imagined as infinite all at once.
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mibuchiha
Fakku Elder
meltme wrote...
[quote="animefreak_usa"]That's pretty much it. It would be extremely difficult to get a spaceship to accelerate to even 50% the speed of light.lol 50%. Find me anything that is above 0.1g in mass that humans managed to accelerate past 0.1c.
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Takerial
Lovable Teddy Bear
mibuchiha wrote...
meltme wrote...
[quote="animefreak_usa"]That's pretty much it. It would be extremely difficult to get a spaceship to accelerate to even 50% the speed of light.lol 50%. Find me anything that is above 0.1g in mass that humans managed to accelerate past 0.1c.
What an amazing spaceship that would be!
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Kalistean wrote...
mibuchiha wrote...
meltme wrote...
[quote="animefreak_usa"]That's pretty much it. It would be extremely difficult to get a spaceship to accelerate to even 50% the speed of light.lol 50%. Find me anything that is above 0.1g in mass that humans managed to accelerate past 0.1c.
What an amazing spaceship that would be!
I built a spaceship yesterday, but it achieved only 70% of light speed, so i scrapped it.
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tswarthog
The Iconoclast
Even using a force to slingshot a ship you cannot break limit. No matter how fast you go you will only get closer...and closer...and closer to the speed of light, BUT NEVER REACH IT. The only "possible" way to get faster than the speed of light is with the concept of wormholes!

















