Faster Than the Speed of Light?

The New York Times ^ | July 22, 2013 | Danny Hakim

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

If you think about it, even were there a way to accelerate a spacecraft to near the speed of light, it seems likely that over interstellar space there would just have to be a solid particle to collide with somewhere on the line between point A and point B - and it would seem that a particle impact at such a speed would be exceedingly dangerous to the spacecraft.

[tet68]

At that point the spacecraft would no longer be a solid
object and would not even be in the same time frame as a
particle. At least that’s how I remember my last trip.

[Toddsterpatriot]

Poul Anderson's novel Tau Zero, Larry Niven in his Known Space series of books,

This is where you can read some great sci-fi.

[cloudmountain]

Poul Anderson has always been a favorite of mine. I don't read scifi any more.

I read Georgette Heyer (Regency romances--only Heyer) and Ellis Peter, murder mysteries where the "hero" is a 12th century Benedictine monk, a former soldier of fortune and Crusader, who solves the murders by his knowledge of plants, poisons, etc.
Those are all I read now. But, thanks!

[infool7]

Perhaps we will be able to make the Kessel Run in less than 12 parsecs.

[JRios1968]