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To: Boogieman

Very interesting, thanks for the clarification.


24 posted on 06/30/2012 10:45:24 AM PDT by Future Snake Eater (CrossFit.com)
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To: Future Snake Eater

No problem, sorry to rain on the faster than light parade. I wish it were true too, but the quantum stuff just doesn’t seem to be the answer.

So far, the best evidence for supraluminal velocities I have seen seems to be in plasma jets associated with quasars. Some of these jets appear to move up to nearly ten times the speed of light! The problem is, that’s only the apparent motion, and there could be many different reasons why the real motion is not that fast. For example, quasars could be much closer than we think they are, leading us to overestimate the distance travelled by the matter in the jets, and overestimate the velocity.


25 posted on 06/30/2012 11:32:45 AM PDT by Boogieman
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