2007-08-03 09:08:46 · 19 answers · asked by Una vaca 5 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
IF!!!!!!!!!
2007-08-03 09:37:47 · update #1
very good question my friend but the thing is that yes the headlights will work when you turn them on but they won't show because you wouldn't have time to see the headlights, so actually it would be no because the fact is that lights will not work in outer space because the light works when it is in a atmosphere but you are out of space so that's another thing
2007-08-03 09:19:08 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
This must be the most-often asked question on this web site.
Einstein says that, if a rocket is going at any speed _below_ the speed of light, the headlights not only WILL work, but their light would leave the rocket at the speed of light.
But the very same theory that makes this true, also indicates that the rocket cannot actually _reach_ the speed of light. So in that sense, the "If" part of your question can never happen, so we can't answer the "then" part.
2007-08-03 16:16:04 · answer #2 · answered by RickB 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Yes. The light from the headlights would still travel at the speed of light wrt the rocket.
2007-08-03 20:34:57 · answer #3 · answered by DuckyWucky 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. It would have to be going faster than the speed of light for the headlights to not work.
Unless the rocket was already going the speed of light before it turned the lights on. =P
2007-08-03 16:17:38 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the simple answer is yes. if you managed to be in front of the rocket you would see the lit bulb.
However from any other vantage point such as the side the top or the bottem or even from behind, there would be no light at all in front of the rocket.
The lit bulb you would see from the front would merely be the light and heat inside the rocket which would be a contained environment impervious to the going ons on the exterior of the rocket
2007-08-04 07:26:01 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If a rocket was traveling at the exact speed of light, theoretically, it would become light. At 99.9% of the speed of light, yes, they should work, but me thinks the beams of light would be very slow moving ahead of the ship. So far, I haven't seen any rockets with head lights though.
2007-08-03 16:19:34 · answer #6 · answered by Bob Lahblah 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mmm interesting question. Well i think yes the headlights would work but much like rain hitting the windshield the light would instead of going out just bend around and shine from in the direction that you were moving a way from - in the opposite direction....
2007-08-03 16:16:22 · answer #7 · answered by Scott 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no the headlights would not work because the light beam will never be able to escape the front of the rocket as you are always catching up with the beam
2007-08-04 23:26:29 · answer #8 · answered by Martin W 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is about the tenth time I have answered this. A rocket cannot travel at the speed of light, so the question is moot.
2007-08-03 16:13:28 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
yes,but but the light speed of the headlights would be at the speed they normaly shine at,
2007-08-03 16:46:48 · answer #10 · answered by tugboat 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋