travelling at the speed of light ...?

Question

if we could travel that fast wouldnt the smallest of objects (i.e space debry) we colided with destroy the vessel we were in ?

Answer 1

gr8 que dude.
well did u know that a small stone falling from a height of 100 feet can cut a hole in ur skull........so vot do v infer.........if u have a ship travelling at 3*10^8 m/s then it would cut through any space debris it finds......there'll be a head on collision(or even a sideway collision)which will cause the debris to shoot off......(provided it isnt too large..if it is then v vud shoot off).so dude it does not work dat way.......but do try to make such a vessel....n do not forget to invite me....bye

Answer 2

There is very little stuff in the universe to run into. Concentrations of matter in stars, planets and various rocks are rare compared to the vastness of space.

Assuming that you could steer, you could see the big things coming. It takes 8 minutes for light to travel from the sun to Earth, so you could imagine being able to dodge Mercury and Venue along the way.

To give you an example, the Voyager space craft that left the Solar System recently are expected to last longer than life on Earth. There is so little stuff between here and where they are going that they may never wear out.

Voyager 1 travels at about 1 million miles per day. That's 66,750km/h or 1854m/s or about 0.6% of the speed of light.

Travelling at C would be a lot more dangerous than at 0.006 C, but you would probably get a long way before you hit something.

Answer 3

It depends on how it would be done. For instance there is thought that space can be folded like a paper. The vehical would go through a hole it made and appear somewhere else. It could still be dangerous since space debry could wind up in any part of the craft (nothing like being part of a 1 mile long astroid).

Even if the craft can withstand the blow with a force field, the ship could bounce slightly off course like a bumper car. You could wind up anywhere.

Answer 4

Technically yes but by the time we get to travel that fast in a space ship we will have a ship made of something that can withstand that impact.

Scientist came up with a compound in 2005 that could cut diamonds effortlessly but not neatly neatly so if a compound was that hard it should be good for space travel at light speed

Answer 5

You information became incorrect approximately all ability having mass. Radiation, or easy waves incorporate no mass. some people argue that it has an 'useful mass' given by ability of some of the E=hf (engery=plank's consistent circumstances the frequency), yet it incredibly is still debated. Reguardless, easy has no mass, and hence it could commute @ the cost of light c. you're splendid approximately accelerating a partlice in direction of the cost of light might require infinite quantity of ability. while you're extremely intrested look @ Lorentz changes, and you're able to see the quite hassle-free why something with mass can no longer attain the cost of light.

Answer 6

I think if a vessel could reach light speed it would collapse into itself and disappear .The atoms and molecules would start to fuse together and the ship would get smaller until there was just a tiny object left. which would eventually explode. of course this is my opinion only i have no scientific knowledge to back this up .only my thoughts of what could happen.

Answer 7

Not necessarily destroy the vessel, maybe damage it. The amount of damage received depends on the size of the debris.

Answer 8

Wow !! food for thought.

We would be so close to being at time travel speeds that a particle we hit would not affect us because it would be in the past !!

Would we would have to worry about bits of crap from the future ?

Answer 9

187,000 miles per second is exceptionally fast. I would imagine that colliding with an object at that speed would be disastrous.

Answer 10

yes, without the necessary protection from them