2006-12-02 13:31:23 · 27 answers · asked by tallat m 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
either running away from sprinkle or running away WITH teazer33.....lol. xx
2006-12-03 21:24:38 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
According to all known laws of physics, nothing can - or ever will - travel faster than the speed of light. E=MC 2 demonstrates this.
The speed of light has always been described at the cosmos's speed limit. Having said this, some scentists have recently discovered that there are some sort of protons (or something) that may have travelled faster than this in the past. So maybe we should never say never.
2006-12-03 15:24:02 · answer #2 · answered by Hello Dave 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
At present it cannot be done. But relativity does not state that things can't travel faster than light but simply that the speed of light is an impassable barrier so that anything going faster than light can never slow down to it and vice verse. It cuts both ways.
2006-12-04 10:31:57 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The human body is designed to only go 10mph, but if you imagine a plane or car they go faster than that and also shield our bodies from too much pressure, but go over the maximum pressure would disintegrate, burn and melt all at the same time because the speed and pressure are too high, so it is impossible to know even if you do go at the speed of light because even before you saw something you would be back where you started before you knew it because you are travelling so fast, so NO the human body can't travell faster than light even with protection shielding it because the outside pressure would be so high, even though the inside pressure is lower the inside pressure would be enough to kill you.
2006-12-03 06:36:43 · answer #4 · answered by Syphcis 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The theory says there is nothing faster than light. If you want to attain these speeds for travelling purposes, wormholes (see super string theory) are just the thing.
However, if you want to be at your destination before you even leave, you will have to time travel ... theory says that this should not be possible, but a mathematical loophole does make it possible, but you would have to use about half the total mass of the universe to achieve it!!
If you are a speed freak, Einstein says you're just gonna have to make do with sub-light velocities.
Good luck!!!
2006-12-02 22:01:16 · answer #5 · answered by Alzebub 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You would just need to build a machine that can produce MORE energy that that of the WHOLE Universe combined. Easy
Einstein said its all relative, whether you moving thu the Universe or the entire Universe moving passed you faster than the speed of light.
2006-12-02 21:37:27 · answer #6 · answered by GlooBoy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Here's my theory on that. Firstly it may be possible to travel faster than light. If you have a large enough fuel supply and are in space. Because there is no friction or gravity in space, as long as you keep adding thrust to an object it will continue to increase in speed. If you had a long enough stretch of straight open space and enough fuel you could build up enough speed. It's hard to say what that would do to the human body, if it would tear apart, if you would lose your mind, or whatever.
The downside is that I also believe that even though you can travel faster than light it would warp everything. Because light travels in straight lines and you see what is reflected, if you travel in a straight line faster than light you will skew what light your eyes are gathering. Everything would probably be long streaks and it would take a while to sort itself out, you would pass by some light and it would catch back up to you, and be reflected with everything around you that is now reflecting light. It would probably be like long streaky nonsense ghost images.
2006-12-02 21:40:39 · answer #7 · answered by Adam F 4 · 0⤊ 3⤋
I heard about warp speed. In speed of light you have to travel at the speed of light meaning you need the propulsion to get you to that speed. In warp speed theory its about changing space and time so that where you are and the destination you want to be at will fold to one area and all you do is go thru it. Its like you are your left hand, and your destination is your right. The distance from your left and right hand is lets say 139289120830128312093 light years. To go faster than the speed of light, warp speed is when you put your hands together and then travel through it. When warping there is still that density of space that you have "warped" together to get to the other side. Thats why in "Star Trek" it has the animations it does.
2006-12-02 21:39:41 · answer #8 · answered by tymme x 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If the speed of light is a constant, 186,000 miles per second, why can't things be faster than that!
Our thoughts I think work much faster.
The answers are right in front of us, we just have to look closely!
2006-12-04 11:54:55 · answer #9 · answered by Bastet 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cannot. Any object that has a mass larger than 0 (zero) would need infinite energy to reach and/or exceed c (speed of light in vacuum).
2006-12-02 21:41:11 · answer #10 · answered by nis_pero 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
With our present knowledge of physics this is currently impossible.
Better stick to Star Trek for the moment !!
Beam me up Scotty
2006-12-02 23:23:38 · answer #11 · answered by mine_man4 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋