Ok so the faster you go the more mass you will have bla bla. We have infaniti space to work with and bla bla bla the faster you move the faster you move in time but light still takes time to get from point A to point B,, Any way do you think that we could move faster than light if we can find some thing that moves faster than light that we could use as a propulsion.
2007-05-01 19:16:59 · 7 answers · asked by scott p 5 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
According to current theory, the faster we move through space, the slower we move through time because our motion through space is proportionally diverted by our motion through time. If you move through space at the speed of light, you have forfeited any motion through time. Therefore, according to relativity theory, all our motion through time is diverted by our motion through space. Thus, a photon does not move through time at all. A photon's "concept" of reality is that all is now, and since the Big Bang, it has always been "now." There is some merit to this point of view, as evidenced by the phenomenon of "non-locality," where distances of light years are not a barrier to instantaneous communication of quantum information, and the perplexing experimental results of beam splitter experiments that tend to show that a subatomic particle will exist in two places at the same time tend to support non-locality theory.
As far as faster than light, there are some logical problems with that concept. However, the expansion of the universe is, theoretically, not limited to light speed and in this regard, FTL is a fact of nature.
2007-05-01 19:29:16 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Relativity equations show that in order to accelerate any mass up to the speed of light would require infinite energy, like all the energy in the universe. Clearly that's impossible. Although no such thing has been discovered, so-called worm holes present the most promise for getting from 'A' to 'B' very quickly. Worm-hole transport is what Jodie Foster experienced in the movie 'Contact.'
2007-05-02 02:23:15 · answer #2 · answered by Chug-a-Lug 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I don't think we can ever reach the speed of light period, let alone reach faster speeds. I think Einstein proved that nothing was faster than the speed of light, but then again there theoretically exists a sub-atomic particle called a tachyon (sp?) which moves faster than the speed of light- yet we cannot prove that it exists if we can't see it! I suppose you could freeze a particle to near absolute zero to see if they exist, but what do I know? I'm no chemistry/physics genius.
2007-05-02 02:21:29 · answer #3 · answered by F1reflyfan 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
nothing can go faster than the speed of light. it is like a cosmic speed limit . even if why found a way we would require an infinite source of energy to reach that speed
2007-05-02 02:24:08 · answer #4 · answered by Dr. Eddie 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Sci-Fi writers have been doing it for years. In the real world, it doesn't look too promising. But, who knows? We've done a lot of things that 'they' said couldn't be done.
Doug
2007-05-02 02:22:49 · answer #5 · answered by doug_donaghue 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
No. I think riding the light fantastic- is about as fast as possibility allows.
2007-05-02 02:26:52 · answer #6 · answered by Joseph, II 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No, bla bla.
2007-05-02 02:29:57 · answer #7 · answered by Fred 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋