Since any object of mass cannot break the speed of light, something with no mass should be able to. I just wonder if there is someway to almost "trick" nature and reverse the mass of an object somehow. If there was a ship of some kind that was capable of zero mass, in theory it could travel to anywhere in the universe in an instant. That would surely help get around in space!
2006-07-28 16:28:54 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
So if an object has no mass, it doesn't exist?
2006-07-28 16:33:48 · update #1
NO, it is not possible, and even if it was, a massless ship still couldn't go anywhere in an instant. Mass is a characteristic of a body, that means that without the mass, there is no body.
2006-07-28 16:32:11 · answer #1 · answered by 1,1,2,3,3,4, 5,5,6,6,6, 8,8,8,10 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
according to Einsien's Theory of Relativity, Mass and Energy are enterchangeable, this means that u can convert from/to mass and energy...
so if u can convert all the mass of ur body to Energy, aka Light, u will not ever reach the Absolute Zero... cause light also has a mass!!!!
2006-07-28 19:29:19 · answer #2 · answered by happy_84 k 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Interesting idea, but no existing technology for accomplishing it. Even if nature could be tricked as you describe, the speed of light still could not be exceeded since it's the ultimate speed limit of the universe.
2006-07-28 16:41:30 · answer #3 · answered by Chug-a-Lug 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First rule of physics: Mass can neither be created nor destroyed. only changed in form.
2006-07-28 18:14:18 · answer #4 · answered by Samurai Hoghead 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
not really, even if it were massless you still would only go to the speed of light, not to mention you would have to accelerate for years just so the inertia doesn't crush your body.
2006-07-28 16:32:58 · answer #5 · answered by peziord 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO MASS, NO LIGHT, NO SPEED...
2006-07-28 16:31:12 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
what abt da mass of human sitting in it........how would u make it zero???? no mass no human.....:(.........
2006-07-28 19:08:34 · answer #7 · answered by Find out How 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
good idea, but very improbable.
2006-07-28 16:40:57 · answer #8 · answered by pbmaze 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no
2006-07-28 17:35:42 · answer #9 · answered by mailmetlc 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋