2007-05-03 18:48:00 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
If you were travelling at the speed of light you would not see the light you created because light always has a constant speed. But you would also be infinitaly massive so I think you would have other problems to deal with.
2007-05-03 19:26:03 · answer #1 · answered by Robert M 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, even if you are traveling VERY VERY near to the speed of light (the symbol is c)---maybe 99% or 99,999999% of c, you'll still see the light traveling at the constant speed of c (relatively to you). So there's not much difference compared to you standing on the ground and holding a flashlight.
But, if you're traveling at the EXACT speed of light, or maybe faster, i guess no one knows what happens... The law of physics that we know cannot explain such extreme examples, yet.
2007-05-03 23:49:19 · answer #2 · answered by Mia 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends what you mean.
You still perceive the light moving away from you at the speed of light. That's fundamental to Einstein's Theory of Special Relativity.
You still can't see anything. Just as traveling faster than the speed of sound is quiet, traveling at the speed of light would be dark.
2007-05-03 18:52:37 · answer #3 · answered by TychaBrahe 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, your speed being speed of light is relative to an outsider, the speed of your headlights is relative to your speed. So you will still be chasing light from your headlights.
2007-05-03 19:20:11 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yea. I'll still see the tip of your ray of light before I see you. Assuming that everything around is dark, and I see your light 100 m before I see your car, and since you are going at the speed of light and i'm not moving, it should matter for about
100/ (300 000 km/s *1000) = 0.00000034 seconds.
2007-05-03 18:57:24 · answer #5 · answered by chocolateknight69 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
know one really knows the answer to your question.
What science feels sure of at this time is that your speed is irrelevant to light speed. therefor if you were traveling at the speed of light, and turned on your headlights, the light then would still be leaving you at the speed of light relevant to you.
My understanding is that according to Albert Einstein if you were traveling at the speed of light you yourself would become pure energy, only know one really knows what pure energy is because we cannot examine it.
We only know how to react to pure energy, and use it for our benefit.
possibly then if we could exceed the speed of light and become pure energy would our thrusters on our space ship still function as pure energy thrusters to slow us down to sub light speed, and would we revert back to matter.
I have had some similar thought experiments regarding matter compression inside of black holes.
2007-05-03 19:05:49 · answer #6 · answered by Thoughtfull 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
mmmm.... No. You probalby wouldn't be able to see and comprehend the information fast enough to react anyway.
2007-05-03 18:52:58 · answer #7 · answered by atmtarzy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋