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To: Texas Songwriter
Some postulate, what if they could travel at the speed of light.

Just because you add Einstein, you don't get rid of Newton. The energy required to accelerate a mass M to a velocity V is 1/2 MV2. The total energy in matter is E = MC2. To accelerate a mass to close to the speed of light would require 100% efficient conversion of 1/2 of the mass of the object into some form of propulsion. Can't be done.

95 posted on 02/08/2013 11:44:01 AM PST by from occupied ga (Your government is your most dangerous enemy)
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To: from occupied ga

That was my point. I agree with you.


101 posted on 02/08/2013 12:52:02 PM PST by Texas Songwriter (THA)
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