when concorde used to fly from london to new york it arrived (US time) slightly before it left (UK time), so if you kept heading westward at that speed, wouldn't you be going backward in time, especially when you fly over the international dateline and go back a day? assuming the fuel supply is limitless of course.......
2007-10-17 10:36:07 · 10 answers · asked by tina k 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
Yeah, oh yeah, because Concorde doesn't fly anymore - so if you were flying on it you'd have gone back in time!
2007-10-17 10:45:51 · answer #1 · answered by marcoporres 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You don't go back a day when you cross the Date Line westbound: you GAIN a day. That's the whole point. If you were to fly at extremely high speeds around the world, therefore, you will lose 24 hours (having gone westwards through all 24 time zones) but have gained all of it back having crossed the date line, and ended up back in London at essentially the same time you left (plus the time it took to make the trip).
2007-10-17 10:58:14 · answer #2 · answered by ZikZak 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No! The most you could gain was 24 hours, the international day, cf Phineas Fogg! And even then, you are not really travelling through real, elapsed time, just time as conventionally measured. For real time travel you need to move at relativistic speeds, which even Concorde, bless her, could not manage!
2007-10-17 10:41:32 · answer #3 · answered by Avondrow 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
nope!!
you will just end up rotating between the current days
if you keep on going westwards, at times you might jump two days by crossing the IDT
you will end up going to the previous day
then the current day
rotating till you get sick of the assumption that you can go back in time
2007-10-18 04:31:40 · answer #4 · answered by Flojoe 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The easiest way to go backwards in time is to dress in some warm clothing and go to the North Pole. Stick out your left hand and rest it on the North Pole itself. (It is easily seen as it sticks straight up out of the ice) Once your hand is on top of the Pole (as a guide) just walk backwards round it . For each time round you will become a day younger. Given a few sandwiches and a flask of hot tea you could become years younger in just a few of hours.
It is advised that if you are intent on serious age reduction you ensure your mother is there with you just in case you go too far!!!
2007-10-17 10:54:43 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, you rejoin the original time zone you left from, only several hours later.
2007-10-17 10:40:24 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
you would just end up back where u started.
try going faster than the speed of light and see what happens
2007-10-17 10:45:02 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No Dear,
'Time Zones` are not the same thing as 'Time`.
2007-10-17 10:40:28 · answer #8 · answered by Irv S 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No.
Doug
2007-10-17 10:41:57 · answer #9 · answered by doug_donaghue 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes, and you would catch up on your backside, stick your head up there and kiss the world goodbye!
lol
2007-10-17 10:39:03 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋