2006-07-22 02:56:06 · 12 answers · asked by sel 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
the web site below seems to summarize it pretty well.
there are two challenges to traveling at the speed of light
1- energy to obtain and maintain that speed
2- problems with gravity on the human body at the speed of light
the website below seems to have solved the problem of gravity by using antigravity
The second website may have solved the problem with the energy problem
An interesting theory from Star Trek.
Now everyone knows that the space ships were supposedly traveling faster than the speed of light.
The theory guys behind the show theorized the physics of warp speed. Basically the ships jumped above and below light speed, without ever actually going light speed, If the ships bounced faster above and below, they were able to travel faster than the speed of light without experiencing the awful crushing effects of gravity that happen at the speed of light.
Now I know that it was just a TV show, however think of this. Everything Star Trek has thought of so far, we have now.
2006-07-22 03:11:27 · answer #1 · answered by Vic 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
You can't travel at the speed of light, no matter what we do. No mass can travel at the speed of light, and it is impractical to even get close. However, it is concievable that shortcuts may exist which, though allowing travel as if you were at the speed of light, may allow us to go between two places in the same time it would take light. Not for at least a thousand years though.
2006-07-22 10:04:14 · answer #2 · answered by DakkonA 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It isn't a matter of innovation at this point. We haven't seen *anything* go faster than light. Nothing at all. We have theoretical reasons to believe it is impossible, but it is possible we are wrong. However, from particle accelerators, we have been able to make protons and electrons go incredibly close to the speed of light. At the Tevatron, protons go fast enough that their kinetic energy is 2000 times the energy of their mass. This would be equivalent to using a thermonuclear explosion to move a mass of one gram. And yet this energy is still does not make those protons go faster than light.
The upshot is that we have no idea how to make anything go faster than light. We might be able to make a 'wormhole' and 'tunnel' through space rather than travel through it. However, the energetics of wormholes is even more intimidating than the above. So even that is *purely* speculative.
2006-07-22 10:38:49 · answer #3 · answered by mathematician 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In order for anything, including a human, to be accelerated to the speed of light, it would have to have (a) zero mass and (b) infinite energy to "push" it. In other words, it cannot happen.
2006-07-22 13:16:07 · answer #4 · answered by stellarfirefly 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
traveling at speed of light is GOOD idea to reach any where in the universe.
i think its impossible because human body is a kind of agglomerated matter and not electromagnetically similar matter until it is i its functionally organized agglomerated form.
but still if at all any invention can make us travel at speed of light is a kind of push and pull mechanism by electromagnetic waves (imagine pull and push engines of train on the mountain side railways).
2006-07-22 10:05:15 · answer #5 · answered by nanobot 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First of all let me tell u it is impossible to travel with speed of light .it has been proved by the great man called as albert enstine .Till date no innovation is available.but in hypothetical situation we can travel by assume space to be filled with ether and space acting as vaccum with no friction ...this is what i think
2006-07-22 10:21:09 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They would have to have no mass. Einstein proved that the closer you get to the speed of light the greater your mass becomes. If you try to get to the speed of light your mass would become infinite. No matter what mass you can muster in this finite universe, you can accelerate an infinite mass.
2006-07-22 10:01:24 · answer #7 · answered by eric l 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
According to theory of relativity it is not possible to travel at speed of light.
2006-07-22 10:40:49 · answer #8 · answered by vishvesh 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think we must use Einsten's eqn.:E=mc2 to travel at the speed of light
2006-07-22 10:02:48 · answer #9 · answered by Sushil P 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think we probably need some sort of endurable energy that could support us to reach speeds so high !
and one more tiny kleinischkeit!
we also need to think of a way of avoiding the disintigration of our body in electrons and portons ! :>D
2006-07-22 10:01:02 · answer #10 · answered by Mohummad Ali 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋