Since you are traveling faster than the speed of light it would make sense that you would live
2007-01-29 11:18:49 · 8 answers · asked by James B 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Nothing can go faster then the speed of light, according to basic laws of physics. The speed of light is like the speed limit of the universe.
2007-01-29 11:24:24 · answer #1 · answered by Pablo 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As anything with mass cannot reach or exceed the speed of light, this will be a purely hypothetical set of scenarios.
Skip to the very bottom for the “short answer”.
A person traveling faster than the speed of light would have negative mass and also be traveling backwards in time. Chances are that they would have already torn through the fabric of space-time and become a black hole themselves, in which case you would have the interaction of 2 black holes: http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/060418_bhole_merger.html
If, somehow, the person in question managed to remain physically stable across the speed of light threshold (not really possible without some massive feat of engineering and/or magic), they would encounter a space-time warp approaching infinity created by the physics of the black hole. To put it another way, on a glancing blow they might be able to cross the event horizon (where the escape velocity = the speed of light) and return, but they would still experience extreme gravitational and temporal distortions, that would be about of the same magnitude as they experienced broaching the light barrier. If they flew directly towards the "center" of the singularity, no matter how fast they were going they would eventually reach a point where the escape velocity was greater than their momentum, and so they would become trapped “inside” of the black hole along with anything else that crosses the event horizon. None of this takes into account the interactions of their negative mass with the positive mass of the black hole; you will probably need to find someone else to work that math out for you. Chances are that they would be repelled from the black hole at an extremely explosive velocity (more explosive than greater-than-light speed??) and be ejected from the universe, but that is just a guess on my part.
SHORT ANSWER: From their perspective they would decrease the size of the black hole’s event horizon (the point of no return), but since a black hole’s space and time warp approaches infinity, it would still be possible to become trapped.
2007-01-29 20:05:31 · answer #2 · answered by That Guy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Even if faster than light travel were possible, the tidal forces would still rip you apart when you got close to the black hole. Tidal force is basically the difference between the force of gravity at two different distances from the black hole. Get close enough and gravity is a million times stronger at your feet than at your head, so your head and feet get pulled in different directions with a force of millions of pounds.
2007-01-29 21:24:00 · answer #3 · answered by campbelp2002 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I usually keep going till I come out the other side
2007-01-29 19:25:08 · answer #4 · answered by Pauline 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well you can't go faster than light.
Its pointless to have discussions which rest on being able to do one impossible thing.
2007-01-29 19:25:44 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
if it were possible you would disintegrate before you got to the "black part". the reason why is that no light can exist in a black hole.
2007-01-29 19:30:19 · answer #6 · answered by sugerchair0111 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
They would find people on the other side cheering and congratulating them for winning the race.
2007-02-02 16:07:00 · answer #7 · answered by Yim4 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
His/her body will stretch to a point and then break apart piece by piece.
2007-01-29 19:27:32 · answer #8 · answered by ocean 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋