will man/woman ever be able to travel at the speed of light?

Answer 1

no way.

Because of the equivalence of energy and mass, the energy which an object has due to its motion will add to its mass. In other words, it will make it harder to increase its speed. This effect is only really significant for objects moving at speeds close to the speed of light. For example, at 10 percent of the speed of light an object’s mass is only 0.5 percent more than normal, while at 90 percent of the speed of light it would be more than twice its normal mass. As an object approaches the speed of light, its mass rises ever more quickly, so it takes more and more energy to speed it up further. It can in fact never reach the speed of light, because by then its mass would have become infinite, and by the equivalence of mass and energy, it would have taken an infinite amount of energy to get it there. For this reason, any normal object is forever confined by relativity to move at speeds slower than the speed of light. Only light, or other waves that have no intrinsic mass, can move at the speed of light.

Answer 2

Well, current theory tells us that any object with mass cannot be accelerated to the speed of light because as you get closer and closer to light speed you need more and more energy to accelerate further. To actually reach this "speed limit" you would need an infinate amount of energy. This means that only an object with no mass, such as light or other electomagnetic radiation, can reach this speed.

However, Einstein's mass/energy equivalence says that mass and energy are just different manifestations of the same "substance", so theoretically if all of a man/woman's mass was able to be transformed into energy it could be accelerated to the speed of light, but no further. Unfortunately I have no idea how to do this, and even if this could be accomplished, could you ever transform the energy back into the "man/woman" matter from which it came?

There are other ideas of wormholes created by warped spacetime which could theoretically transport an object from one "location" in the universe to another faster than even traveling at light speed.

Answer 3

No. The closer you get to the speed of light, the slower time becomes. The speed of time and the speed of light are directly proportional. If you could travel at the speed of light, the light directly in front of you would have a blueish tint, the light directly behind you would have a reddish tint, and the light traveling towards you from the side would never really reach you, so it would appear you are traveling down a tunnel towards a bright light.

Answer 4

The speed of light is a little more than 186,000 miles per second, and it is impossible for man in the present state of our bodies to travel that extreme velocity. But there will be a time when "Christians" will be able to travel and even exceed the speed of light...for in the Bible it says that our bodies will be "changed" into bodies that conform to the glorious body of Christ...Who Created ALL THINGS. So yes, if you are a Christian and truly Born Again, you will be able to travel and even exceed the speed of light.

Answer 5

I wouldn't bet on it. I would give a definite 'no' if we consider only conventional technology. With the laws of physics as we know them, there is a huge increase in force needed to accelerate something, which becomes infinite as the speed gets to the speed of light.

But I like to believe that science and technology can overcome most obstacles. Maybe some strange loophole will emergy, and allow people to develop some technology that would allow faster than light travel.

Answer 6

Not likely. The law of relativity says that there is a relationship between mass and speed. Only objects that have zero mass (like light) can travel that fast. Once you add some mass to the equation, your maximum speed will diminish.

Answer 7

No. There are scientifically-proven formulas which imply that anything with mass needs infinite amount of energy to accelerate to the speed of light. Since I doubt that you have infinite energy hidden in your pocket, traveling at the speed of light is impossible.
Some sci-fi writers entertain certain theories concerning loopholes, but I wouldn't bet my life on them.

Answer 8

no longer something with mass can bypass the speed of light and regardless of if lets the individuals going the speed of light ought to in ordinary words be travelling for decades even as all those who became alive on the instantaneous is lengthy lengthy gone.

Answer 9

you and I are currently traveling at very near the speed of light, relative to some things in the universe

remember, speed has no meaning whatsoever unless it is a speed of one body, relative to something else

when you are riding down the highway your speed is 60 mph relative to the road, or the surface of the earth, but your speed relative to the other person in the car is nearly zero

when we are on the earth it is sort of automatic to express most velocities relative to the surface of the earth, but in space you have to pick something

right now, your speed relative to the sun is pretty fast (you are on the earth and it is rotating around the sun at a pretty fair clip relative to the sun)

bottom line is, right now, you are going very near the speed of light relative to some star somewhere

now, achieving the last little bit and achieving the actual speed of light may be impossible for a body with actual mass

Answer 10

The only way I know of to go the speed of light is to faxsimile your self from one point to the other. In other words convert yourself entirely to energy, and then recompile back into matter on the other end. Good luck trying to do that without end up as swiss cheese on the other end.

Did someone say beam me up scotty?