Lets say I have some crazy spaceship that can travel faster than the speed of light. Will the lights in the cabin still be able to be seen or will they be left behind? Its more of a question of is light a matter?
2006-11-28 02:03:04 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
It is exactly that question that inspired Einstein to formulate his theory that nothing can ever travel faster than light. I am not saying the Einstein had a goal to make a theory saying nothing can travel faster than light. I am saying that the question made him think about how to explain what would happen in such a case and then the math lead him to a theory of motion in general which says nothing can travel faster than light.
2006-11-28 02:16:07 · answer #1 · answered by campbelp2002 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
the speed of light is an absolute speed... if your ship can travel faster than the speed of light then all of the rooms in it will be dark at the end that is closest to the bow, because any thing that emmits light will not have that light go toward the bow of the ship. it would be like throwing a leaf in to a river... it will just not travel forward.
mean while if your are standing "down wind" of the light source you would see the source, and things around it (only closer to you than the light source; for example if you had a lamp on a desk you would see the light bulb, and some of the desk, but not the part behind it or directly under it... how much you see is dependent on how much faster than the speed of light you are going. If you are going much much faster than the speed of light, say twice as fast you would see basicly nothing but the light bulb... actualy probably only the filiment)
i hope that answers your question.
I am ignoring the fact that this ships is impossible, and any relitivity time dialation effects, so keep that in mind when you think about all of this.
2006-11-28 02:14:50 · answer #2 · answered by farrell_stu 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
My guess would be that from the light source there would be a trail of light going in the opposite direction that you are travelling, but it wouldnt fill up the cabin. Did you check the crazy spaceship manual for an entry on this topic?
More importantly, where can I get one of these ships?
2006-11-28 02:15:05 · answer #3 · answered by jebudas 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The problem with your proposed situation is that it is not possible. As far as we know, the speed of light is the speed limit of the universe. Nothing in existence can travel faster than it.
However, anyone with knowledge in Physics will tell you that regardless of the speed the ship is traveling, the light inside the cabin will operate as normal, because it is operating as a whole.
2006-11-28 02:12:25 · answer #4 · answered by tyrebrnr21 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes, because the light source is stationary inside the spaceship. Therefore the light is traveling the same speed as the ship.
2006-11-28 02:09:23 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I guess I would answer in the same response as if you have asked the question is a more realistic sense. If you were traveling in an airplane faster than the speed of sound could you hear someone talk inside the plane? Yes you could.
2006-11-28 02:16:23 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-07 22:02:04 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you'd lose all sense of causality by traveling faster than the speed of light. Hypothetically stuff would happen that you couldn't account for the reason. So I doubt whether or not you having light would be a problem, you'd be bumping into emptiness and it'd hurt and stuff.
2006-11-28 02:43:31 · answer #8 · answered by jimmytownnative 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. Because Light energy is coming continuously from the sun.
2006-11-28 02:09:27 · answer #9 · answered by aminnyus 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
the light will go along for the ride it in you ship
2006-12-01 20:02:35 · answer #10 · answered by rocketman 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋