What can happen to us if we can?
2007-07-20 10:56:38 · 16 answers · asked by Mutual Help 4 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Based on out current understanding of physics, nothing with mass can ever travel at (or faster than) the speed of light in a vacuum in any frame of reference. Doing so would require an infinite amount of energy….and in the entire universe there is not an infinite amount of energy.
As the object’s speed approaches that of light, its momentum increases towards infinity and it becomes more and more difficult to increase the object’s speed further. The closer to the speed of light, the more energy required to increase the speed until it eventually reaches infinity at the speed of light.
I do not know why there seems to be (at least in some of the above responses to this question) a presumption that as an object’s speed increases toward that of light would involve high accelerations (“high g forces”). It would not matter if you accelerated at a rate of 10 m/s^2 (about 1 “g”) or 10,000 m/s^2 (about 10 thousand “g”s), you could still not achieve light speed. As your speed approached the speed of light, you would require more and more force in order to maintain this acceleration.
2007-07-20 13:22:14 · answer #1 · answered by mrjeffy321 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The US can travel as fast as it will, the further we get to know the truth!
As it stands, the speed of light is possible - though whether to transport anything at that speed is questionable yet not impossible.
The answer is yes if it is controllable.
The answer is no if you are thinking in terms of human body types - such as in a car, driver relationship.
People tend to think wrongly in terms of what it is you want transporting - speeds are possible - the routes are do-able - though what it is that has to go the distance is the problem area and matters most. Change your thinking slightly and you have the answer.
2007-07-20 12:48:36 · answer #2 · answered by upyerjumper 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Definitely not with current technology. Theoretically you would become light particles and thus cease to exist. However, there was a time that they thought traveling 35 miles an hour would crush a person.
Space warping would be the best answer to faster than light speed travel. Bending the dimensions of space would allow us to move from one place to another without actually traveling in between. Kind of like folding a sheet to travel from one side to the other, instead of actually traveling across the sheet.
We know space bends, its part of the currently believed theory of gravity.
2007-07-20 11:07:10 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Absolutely NO.
Acceleration to the Speed Of Light would leave us plastered all over the place from the massive G's involved.
2007-07-20 12:34:53 · answer #4 · answered by zahbudar 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The equations teach which you would be able to no longer shuttle on the linked fee of sunshine, till you have 0 mass - which might make you a determination of photons. yet ... The equations additionally teach which you will have the means to shuttle swifter than the linked fee of sunshine - the priority is getting interior the direction of the "barrier" of the linked fee of sunshine itself. you will could by some skill bounce previous it with out ever being on the linked fee of sunshine itself. yet another approach for swifter than gentle shuttle is a wormhole. in spite of everything, no longer plenty would take place to you. there's a query of no remember if the universe would age swifter than you will. it is a results of the Lortentz equations used to get to the thought of relativity.
2016-11-10 00:08:26 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Never....if that is the case you will be reaching SUN in just 8 min....such a kind of machine could never be made. even if it is made..it will diffuse into pieces because of the air friction
you can travel at speed of sound...super sonics are being made
2007-07-20 11:11:22 · answer #6 · answered by kris 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, but you can go etremely close. Only particles with zero mass can go at lightspeed- and no other speed.
Hypothetical particles called tachyons have imaginary mass (square root of minus one) and can go faster than the speed of light, but not at it. But they probably don't exist.
2007-07-20 15:46:56 · answer #7 · answered by Bob B 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no but maybe in the future scientists will come up with something like a car that can make us travel that fast. but if we could go that fast, i dont think our bodies could take that much air pressure. we would probably die. it would be wicked awesome if we could without a risk though.
2007-07-20 11:05:38 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
NO !
AT THE SPEED OF LIGHT YOUR MASS WOULD GO TO INFINITY AND YOUR OWN GRAVITATIONAL PULL WOULD COLLAPS THE ENTIRE UNIVERSE IN ON YOU.
(THAT WOULD BE A BAD THING !)
2007-07-20 11:05:15 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Not at this present time. The G's it would take for us to get there would cause permanent injury and death.
May God bless you.
2007-07-20 11:00:31 · answer #10 · answered by kathleen m 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋