Had this idea when I was 9 years old.. now 35! Physics teacher just said nothing could go faster than light and that was it -well I'd like an answer a little better than that.
If there was a taut rope or long pole between two stars, and (somehow) I managed to pull on one end, would someone on the other star, say 3 light years away, feel it pull at the same time? Or would they have to wait a few years??
If they do feel it at the same time, then surely pole movement (not as in lap dancing) has travelled faster than the speed of light, opening up super fast pole communication! If they don't feel it at the same time, then why's that?? Obviously I'm assuming that no alien cuts through the rope or pole, the stars don't move away from each other, and the person on the other Star has a great space suit to keep him alive whlst the experiment is being carried out!!! Please answer as soon as possible because my pole is already 3 metres long and only have 28×10 (power of 15) meters to go!
2006-06-11
04:26:11
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