will light speed ever be possible?

Question

ie star trek

Answer 1

lol. who knows, if it is, it'll be when we're long dead dude.

Answer 2

Over the centuries, we have achieved the speed of light. However, as we are not allowed to do this, theoretically, scientists keep on increasing the speed of light to compensate. If you go back 1562 years, the speed of light was only 13 miles an hour. A sprinter can reach in excess of 14 miles an hour, and cycling, you can go even faster. So there. At some point, you may already have travelled faster then the speed of light.

Answer 3

Light speed is possible now. Light travels at the speed of light. How did you think the sunshine got here?
If you mean will people ever travel at the speed of light -- it will likely be drones and robots for a while, but it isn't really that difficult a problem. It's just a matter of piggybacking on the emitted rays. The real problem is how do you slow down when you want to get off.

Answer 4

If I remember right, the theory in star trek was warp speed, which meant space was bent like a bow, and you would cross where the two ends met. Is it possible, i don't know, but even light is bendable, ie black holes can bend or even capture light due to immense gravity.

Answer 5

Newton suggested that there is no limit to possible speeds. Einstein said there is a limit.

I would say that lightspeed will eventually be possible if humankind survives until that point.

In terms of lightspeed being the fastest possible limit, accepted science emphatically says it is.

I would hazard to say that it can be surpassed but not by any present means.

I'd go as far to say that the speed hasn't remained constant throughout all of history. And as the change occurred, all other laws including relativity were affected equally across the spectrum of various laws. I should say that each law changed relative to each change.

The things I mentioned are dealt with in some theories. Quantum theory makes for a good argument in that it seems to bypass various laws.

Answer 6

I think anything is possible. If there was some way to use light to propel a mass in solid form. Sounds feasible right? I'm sure there are an almost unlimited ammount of elements that have yet to be discoverer across the universe. Something might be cabable of producing light speed. Space...the final frontier.

Answer 7

My understanding is that the furthest reaches of the universe are already moving away from us at the speed of light, and have been doing so since the Big Bang. Einstein actually said that nothing could accelerate to the speed of light, not that nothing could move at the speed of light, two quite different concepts.

Answer 8

Why theoretically possible, to would be very hard. Most scientist think that, although there are some theories would allow for the the possibility of faster than light travel, future equations will limit the those theories as to be invalid.

Answer 9

If you travelled at the speed of light, before you could blink the universe would have run its course and come to an end. I'm sticking with the slow track, it's more fun!

Answer 10

No. The reason is nothing can be accelerated to the speed of light. Relativity tells us that the mass of an object increases to infinity as it approaches the speed of light. Therefore it takes infinite energy to accelerate an object to the speed of light (from any reference frame).

Answer 11

we will need a lot more knowledge.

proving that certain phenomena exist where travel is faster than light might be possible but we will need huge amounts of energy to convert ourslves into light.
if we were to start travelling at or higher than speeds of light then time would have to stop/ rewind.
at least einstine thinks so,