thought provocation for the bored

[azimuth 5,000+ posts]

how long until we travel at the speed of light, and what kind of energy do you think we can use to achieve it. some interesting stuff searching around online.

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[MmatsDude 10+ year member]

I think we wouldnt have the power to achieve that.

 

[bunkerking09 10+ year member]

how long until we travel at the speed of light, and what kind of energy do you think we can use to achieve it. some interesting stuff searching around online.

look where we were 20 years ago...

where the hell will we be in another 20?

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[azimuth 5,000+ posts]

it's interesting either way.

 

[azimuth 5,000+ posts]

I think we wouldnt have the power to achieve that.

i disagree. i'd bet we're closer than we think.

 

[MmatsDude 10+ year member]

i disagree. i'd bet we're closer than we think.

but why travel at the speed of light when you can bend space and time to travel through a worm hole?

 

[Rashaddd 5,000+ posts]

I hope you're aware of the fact that matter turns into pure energy at that speed and time stops for you

 

[azimuth 5,000+ posts]

but hy travel at the speed of light when you can bend space and time to travel through a worm hole?

the super collidor in europe may yeild something.

 

[MmatsDude 10+ year member]

i disagree. i'd bet we're closer than we think.

if we go by Einstein's theory of Relativity, travelling at the speed of light would require INFINITE energy (except for mass-less materials).

 

[azimuth 5,000+ posts]

I hope you're aware of the fact that matter turns into pure energy at that speed and time stops for you

that's only a theory. time does slow down at higher speed though. they video taped proof in the 70's at the speed of sound.

 

[azimuth 5,000+ posts]

if we go by Einstein's theory of Relativity, travelling at the speed of light would require INFINITE energy (except for mass-less materials).

we'd have to manipulate mass.

 

[Rashaddd 5,000+ posts]

we'd have to manipulate mass.

again...turning into energy, no longer mass

 

[perfecxionX 10+ year member]

doesnt e=mc2 prove that the only thing that can travel the speed of light is light. it would take an infinite amount of energy to move that speed

 

[azimuth 5,000+ posts]

again...turning into energy, no longer mass

light does have mass. very little, but it does. black hole's pull in light using gravity, which says that light does have mass.

 

[jfink 10+ year member]

this sounds like physics class to me, i'm outta here