It has been said that the longer one stays in space, one appears to look younger. What is the theory behind this statement?
2007-02-06 14:06:42 · 7 answers · asked by Westbound 4 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Man has been farther than the moon,m but not much. As a spacecraft circles the moon and goes behind it, it is miles past the moon, then it circles back.
The younger statement is based on the theory of relativity which links time and space. As you approach the speed of light, time slows. Since the astronauts were traveling hundres of thousands of miles per hour, they experienced a slowness in time, measured in fractions of a second by accurate clocks.
2007-02-06 14:11:22 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Again I asert the Logic Theory of Time - Time is a constant which only changes by how we measure it. As we move faster we get more things done in the same amount of time so it seems like time slows down. To follow the space time theory, we would have to be traveling for a period of time into deep space and come back traveling at the speed of light or pretty fast anyway. Not proven. Do something on earth faster than you did it before and it won't take as much time to do it. PROVEN EVERYDAY.
2007-02-07 11:05:29 · answer #2 · answered by orion_1812@yahoo.com 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No Physical Living Person has gone further then that. However, Nasa has spent many space probes deep into outer space. I've heard the theory before and I believe it has something to do with the fact that the person in space is traveling faster than we are back on earth, but I'm not certain about that.
2007-02-06 22:12:22 · answer #3 · answered by gohawks1988 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, it is not relativity. Even if that made more than a fraction of a second of difference, it would not make anyone look younger, just not age as fast.
I haven't heard this, but I suspect it has to do with extended periods of free fall causing sagging and wrinkled skin to fill out. Kind of like cosmic botox injections.
2007-02-06 22:21:17 · answer #4 · answered by sofarsogood 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It is from Einstein's theory of relativity. If you move faster, then time moves slower. You don't have to go to space for this, but it is the easiest way to move fast.
Our rockets don't move fast enough to see if somebody age slower.
For this to show any effect to, you have to travel at near the speed of light.
Read more here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twin_paradox
2007-02-06 22:16:07 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, nobody has gone farther than moon orbit.
2007-02-06 22:10:22 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not yet, but they will.
2007-02-06 22:28:31 · answer #7 · answered by hyaki ikari 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋