2007-08-23 13:11:09 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
A bullet moves faster because it has weight. Something has to have weight to propel it. That is only my thinking... I could be wrong. I havn't read that in a study or anything.
2007-08-23 13:20:05 · update #1
Everyone in this thread is wrong. "The speed of Light is Constant" DOESN'T MEAN that it travels at c compared to us and so to your spaceship going at nearly c, it would seem to stand still.
It means that EVERYONE measures the speed of light--- any light flash--- the same light flash--- to be c, regardless of their own speed relative to each other.
So no matter how fast you are going, the behavior of your headlights will be the same: the light will travel from your headlights at the speed of light c, and will reflect off of things etc., pretty much like you would expect.
Everything ahead of you will be very blueshifted though.
2007-08-23 14:27:53 · answer #1 · answered by ZikZak 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jago is right. It would be like giving someone a headstart and then you start jogging behind them at the same speed, they will always be the same distance in front of you (as long as your speeds are constant). So the light would always be right in front of you as long as you turned the headlights on before going. However, if you turn or don't follow the same exact path as the light you would no longer be able to see in front of you (with the headlights) since any new light being produced by the headlights is going at the same speed as the ship and the light that had been in front of you would continue on the straight path it had started on.
2007-08-23 20:38:22 · answer #2 · answered by softballchickie87 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
No because the light from the headlights travels at the speed of light too and so would never leave the headlights. Nothing can travel faster than the speed of light.
2007-08-23 20:17:54 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
that won't do any good. Nothing can go faster than light this includes light. If you are going at the speed of light and shine a light then the light will apper not to move because you will be mvoing with the light.
2007-08-23 20:21:36 · answer #4 · answered by Mr. Smith 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
it's not possible to see headlights ahead of you if you're moving at the same speed but if you're stationary when you turn on the lights and then accelarate then it's possible since the light beam is ahead of you and you are moving at a constant speed of c. One thing with moving at such high speeds is that you can not add 2 velocities togther e.g if you shoot a bullet going 1000mph at light speed then the velocity is not c+1000mph.
2007-08-23 20:24:08 · answer #5 · answered by Jago 2 · 2⤊ 2⤋
When you turned the headlights on the photons would accelerate for one-thirty billionths of a second,lead the ship by one cm then the photons would burn out the emitters.
2007-08-24 10:01:48 · answer #6 · answered by Billy Butthead 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
turn the headlights on b4 you get to the speed of light so that the light will already be in front of you
2007-08-23 20:30:20 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I think so. I a guy shoots a bullet that normally goes 100 mph of a train going 200 mph, its initial velocity will be 300 mph. Same thing with light from headlights. Everythings so bend and screwed up when ur going that fast though, so i dont know how much help light bulbs would be
2007-08-23 20:16:55 · answer #8 · answered by Legs M 3 · 0⤊ 5⤋
Hi. Everything, including your headlights, will look normal to you.
2007-08-23 20:24:23 · answer #9 · answered by Cirric 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
thats cute
2007-08-23 20:21:12 · answer #10 · answered by pandasex 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋