3. Less than the speed of light. No material object can travel faster than light, or even as fast as light.
2007-02-12 01:14:04
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answer #1
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answered by campbelp2002 7
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I'd say the fastest would be about Warp 9.9 (that's according to the new warp scale used in later generations of Star Trek, not the one used by Shatner and co).
Also, Megatron sent Spike to Cybertron in the space bridge, covering a distance of possibly several light years, in an instant.
OK, seriously now. A human being has a mass. Nothing with any mass can travel at the speed of light because to a stationary observer, as an object with some mass accelerates, its kinetic energy and momentum increases, approaching infinity as the object's speed approaches that of light.
So, the fastest a human can travel is at some speed less than the speed of light.
2007-02-12 15:21:25
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answer #2
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answered by Ash 2
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2007-02-12 09:17:30
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answer #3
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answered by Anonymous
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Did you read the book? Were you in class?
What is "sped"?
Nothing material, like a human, can travel at or faster than the speed of light.
2007-02-12 09:13:57
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answered by morningfoxnorth 6
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The fastest speed that human being can travel is at Mach Number;
M = 2
2007-02-12 14:28:42
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answer #5
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answered by sandip s 1
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Quick and most interesting answer is number 1. And the cool thing is, it's correct.
Arup s' answer is interesting, but none of those methods of travel are available to transport human beings at or even near the speed of light. Most of the methods he describes are speculative at best and many of the methods he describes may prove impractical.
The question is general so there are a few answers. First are we talking about the past, present, or future? Are we talking about using technology to enhance a human's natural speed such as a car, plane, rocket? Are we talking about using the latest science/engineering techniques to alter - in this case, slow down - the speed of light itself.
If we are talking about the past then number 3 is correct in all situations. If we are talking about the present or future than the correct number 1 and 2 are correct in some situations. But if we are talking about the present, the context of the question should be specific for a specific answer. If a human is not using any equipement to enhance his speed, and nothing is being done to alter the speed of light, than number 3 is correct. If in the present and past, a human is using technology to increase his speed and nothing is being done to alter the speed of light, then clearly number 3 is correct. But if in the future, a human is using technology to enhance his speed and nothing is being done to alter the speed of light, then number 4 is correct. Contrary to popular knowledge, if, in the present, a human is using technology to increase his natural speed, and something IS being done to alter the speed of light, then 1 and 2 are correct. And most interestingly, if in the present day, no technology is being used to enhance the natural speed of a human while something IS being done to alter the speed of light than a human can travel faster than the speed of light.
Putting the brakes on light
But now a Danish physicist and her team of collaborators have found a way to slow light down to less than 1.6 km per hour (one mile an hour) - slower than a slow walk.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/655518.stm
Freezing Light
Sellars and his research team at the Laser Physics Center at the Australian National University in Canberra, Australia, managed to slow the laser light down from 670 million miles an hour to a mere 670 miles an hour — about the speed of a bullet being fired from a gun — before stopping it altogether.
http://www.sciencentral.com/articles/view.php3?type=article&article_id=218392702
Physicists Unite Light And Matter (Update)
Physicists have for the first time stopped and extinguished a light pulse in one part of space and then revived it in a completely separate location. They accomplished this feat by completely converting the light pulse into matter that travels between the two locations and is subsequently changed back to light.
http://www.physorg.com/news90077438.html
2007-02-13 20:25:23
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answer #6
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answered by World Expert 1
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no.3
2007-02-12 12:59:39
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answer #7
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answered by saroj 1
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3. less than the speed of light
2007-02-12 09:13:39
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answer #8
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answered by answer 2
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the answer is 3) and much much less than the speed of light nothing travels faster than light
2007-02-13 05:53:27
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answered by photon 2
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3 less than the speed of light
speed of light 299,792,485 m/s
fastest person running was about 10 m/s
2007-02-12 09:21:34
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answer #10
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answered by Mathlady 6
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