is the fastest speed possibly the speed of light times the speed of light? (educated researchers only)
2006-07-06 16:45:44 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Based on out current understanding of the laws of Physics, no object with mass can ever travel at, or faster than, the speed of light in a vacuum.
It would take an infinite amount of energ to accelerate a massive object (object with mass) to the speed of light...and in the entire universe, there is not an infinite amount of energy.
The speed of light in a vacuum (c) is defined to be exactly 299,792,458 m/s. Notice the units on this quantity, meters per second.
If one multiplied the speed of light by the speed of light (c^2), one would get units of m^2/s^2...this is not a unit of speed/velocity.
It makes no physical, or numerical, sense to talk about traveling at c^2.
2006-07-06 16:59:52 · answer #1 · answered by mrjeffy321 7 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Current physics state that no object can travel at or faster than the speed of light, although we could approach speeds near it. The only problem is it would take infinite amounts of energy to accelerate to that speed. And the other problem would be that once you got halfway to your destination, youd have to use infinite amounts of energy to slow down again. Also could human beings hold up under the stresses and g-forces traveling that fast could impose? As for your question, squaring the speed of light imposes modifying velocities, which is not really a speed.
2006-07-06 23:23:05 · answer #2 · answered by mike j 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It all depends on who you ask, and what philosophy they follow. In the technical "need results for proof" scientific processes, it isn't yet possible or even plausible to travel at the speed of light squared. However there is a contingency of people which believe that the mind and soul can and does travel at much faster speeds, somewhere near the infinite of the speed of light. So you do the research on both concepts and decide for yourself.
2006-07-06 16:53:40 · answer #3 · answered by asmul8ed 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no, all theories at this point suggest that only plasma can reach light speed, anything else would BECOME plasma at the speed of light, therefor you can't really travel at even the speed of light unless you wanna become +10,000 degrees celcius or something rediculous like that.
2006-07-06 17:45:01 · answer #4 · answered by Archangel 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, because "c^2" is not even a measure of speed.
Speeds are measured in terms of distance divided-by time. Examples: meters per second, miles per hour.
Multiply c by itself, and you get (for example) square-meters per seconds-squared. It really doesn't make sense to call that a speed, or compare it to a speed.
2006-07-06 16:53:09 · answer #5 · answered by genericman1998 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The problem with this notation is that you would be changing the dimensions from velocity to velocity squared. That, however, is not a speed at all.
2006-07-06 16:55:35 · answer #6 · answered by Ѕємι~Мαđ ŠçїєŋŧιѕТ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Current theory says no.
It would take an infinite amount of energy to push even the smallest object TO c
2006-07-06 16:48:20 · answer #7 · answered by Will 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
probably not. If we ever want to travel into the reaches of space it's more probably that we'll have to figure out how to bend space.
2006-07-06 16:49:26 · answer #8 · answered by darcy_t2e 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i am sorry I dont mean to be dumb but what is c^2? and the answer to your question why not Captaion Kirk did it.
2006-07-06 16:55:17 · answer #9 · answered by Dr. Head 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no
2006-07-06 16:49:08 · answer #10 · answered by Love Exists? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋