2006-06-18 08:51:45 · 22 answers · asked by Tejash S 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
hell no
2006-06-18 08:54:57 · answer #1 · answered by da snowman 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. If ANY object other than light can travel at the speed of light, then relativity is wrong. Information can travel faster than light in some quantum mechanical systems, but not anything else (at least, not for long enough distances to matter).
It may be possible to travel FASTER than light, but to do that, someone would have to invent a way to change the speed of an object INSTANTLY.
2006-06-18 13:21:19 · answer #2 · answered by Amarkov 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No it is not, and I will tell you why. According to Einstein relativity, your mass expands the faster you go (its true)
m=mo/(sq rt(1-v^2/c^2)
m is mass after travelling
mo is mass when still
sq rt is square root of entire thing
v^2 is velocity you are travelling squared
c^2 is velocity of speed of light
If you take v=c (you are travelling the speed of light) then you end up having a zero in the denominator of the expression. This cannot happen.
Okay, so lets say you are travelling 99.9999999999999999% of the speed of light (you get the idea). Look what happens to your mass. It gets infinitely large. Since it gets infinitely large, it requires an infinitely large amount of energy to power. (a truck takes more gas energy to move then a motorcycle). Since there is no such thing as infinite power, we cannot travel at the speed of light.
2006-06-18 09:40:16 · answer #3 · answered by dlouhane 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably not. Theorectically it's possible, but there are too many technical obstacles getting in the way.
For example, building a rocket engine with enough thrust to accelerate fast enough to reach 300,000 km/s within the passengers' lifetime. Finding a source of energy to power that rocket. Getting enough fuel for said power source without adding so much dead weight that it slows the whole thing down. Protecting the craft from interstellar dust smahing into the hull and the speed of light. And so on.
2006-06-18 09:02:35 · answer #4 · answered by stork5100 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, because traveling at the speed of light requires its traveler to have no mass at all. Also, traveling at that speed of light violates one of the world's most famous theory: Einstein's special and general theory of relativity.
2006-06-18 12:52:06 · answer #5 · answered by Nico 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think not much can be proved or said about this.
But think this - if human travels with speed of light........light wont be able to reach and touch you......as u r travelling with the speed higher than light. So, will u be visible??
What do ya think....?
2006-06-18 09:47:46 · answer #6 · answered by nikaro 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No! Our mass would become so great and dense that it would cancel out the attempt at a certain velocity during acceleration. No solid object can achieve the speed of light!
2006-06-18 08:56:39 · answer #7 · answered by love_2b_curious 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If it becomes possible to neutralize the Higgs boson, the sub-atomic particle that give mass to everything, then faster than light speed should be possible since mass is removed from the equation.
2006-06-18 10:36:14 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
nothing which has weight can travel at the speed of light,light is the speed limit,light is massless,nothing can be compared to it.
2006-06-19 00:02:34 · answer #9 · answered by ♀guardian of angels♀ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you can break the body down to travel the electromagnetic paths then yes ;)
2006-06-18 09:02:09 · answer #10 · answered by WW 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think that there was actually a vehicle that broke the speed of light barrier. I don't think yo can actually use it yet though.
2006-06-18 08:55:08 · answer #11 · answered by Jenny 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋