Ok if you were in a large space ship an it could travel faster than hte speed of light, would hte travel be more like Halo 2 becuase it would feal instantanouis (altohugh it is not) or would it be more like stark treck were you can see that it is travelin faster htan the speed of light but the inside of hte ship is it would seem to be normal.
2006-08-25 15:21:34 · 8 answers · asked by nigga 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
We do not have any theory that can apply to what faster than light travel would feel like, because we don't have any idea if it would be possible.
That said, assuming you could travel faster than light, how could you see any star looking back? You'd overtake the light those stars emitted. And looking forward, you'd pick up all the light a star put out before. And what about the Doppler effect?
We can spculate as much as we want, in the absence of anything to hint at a solution. Myself, I'd like to believe that fatser than ligh travel has to be made in some sort of protected environment, out of our universe, in some sort of hyperspace. There you would not see any stars. But what do I know? What does ANYONE know?
2006-08-25 15:33:23 · answer #1 · answered by Vincent G 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We're not really sure, because traveling faster than light through means not yet explained by classical physics is different from traveling close to or at the speed of light. When you approach the speed of light, you experience less passage of time than people who are not traveling at such speeds. Also, you would see a distortion in the appearance of objects you pass; objects you are approaching would appear blue and objects you had passed would appear red. But if you were somehow actually traveling faster than light, everything we know is out the window, and it's anyone's guess.
2006-08-25 22:29:29 · answer #2 · answered by DavidK93 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well there you have it; those are the two general types of faster than light travel you'll find in science fiction - the instantaneous type, and the traveling type.
And the truth is, no one really knows what it would be like, if it's even possible at all. For my money, it wouldn't look like it does in star trek; with a warp drive, you probably wouldn't see anything at all outside, or you'd see something that i can't quite imagine. You wouldn't see the stars going by, though, as you do in star trek.
If you happen to know a way to actually travel faster than light, there are a lot of people who would be interested; so far, no one really has any idea as to how to accomplish this.
2006-08-25 22:25:25 · answer #3 · answered by extton 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The closer you get to the speed of light time slows down relative to slower objects. This means that time seems normal to you but it would slow down to the people on the planet you are going to. It is for this reason I believe that if you go faster than the speed of light, (which you can not because of an infinite mass problem), the time will seem normal to you but you will go back in time.
2006-08-25 22:30:31 · answer #4 · answered by eric l 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It would appear to be instantanious because time slows down as you approach light speed through travel through an artificially created wormhole is more plauseable.
2006-08-25 22:27:22 · answer #5 · answered by Sniper 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You forgot to also require that it be below zero degrees Kelvin, travel from hell to heaven, and carry tiny rhinoceroses that hide under tables so that Bertrand Russell could not see them.
Your hypothesis is absurd and nonsense.
2006-08-25 22:35:00 · answer #6 · answered by Alan Turing 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Things would remain the same where you are but on earth years would have passed.
2006-08-25 22:30:51 · answer #7 · answered by vex_dreamer 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
uhh, if you were travelling at a constant speed, everything on board would feel normal.
2006-08-25 22:27:06 · answer #8 · answered by adklsjfklsdj 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋