[mlo]

"It’s not even a violation of Albert’s mathematics for something to travel faster than the speed of light outside a vacuum, so I am still wondering what the hubbub is about here."

Not correct. The speed limit found in relativity has nothing to do with travelling in a vacuum. Nothing with mass can accelerate to C, vacuum or not.

[Boogieman]

Yes, yes, I’m not talking about going faster than C, just saying that it’s not a violation to exceed the speed of light that is not in a vacuum.