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Will the speed of light always be a barrier?
Air and Space Magaine. Vol # 1 March 1978
| March 1978
| Editorial Staff w/ Melvin B. Zistein
Posted on 06/12/2005 6:00:55 PM PDT by vannrox
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To: Larry Lucido
"What is the speed of dark?" Same as the speed of light but in the opposite direction.
"I put instant coffee into my microwave oven and almost went back in time."
"I was in a cafe that had the sign 'Breakfast served at any time'. So, I ordered French toast during the Renaissance"
- Stephen Wright
To: Conservative Infidel
The nearest solar system is the tri-star system of Centarius. There are three stars in this system. Two stars are both human friendly (as far as the habital zone is concerned) being "K" class. The third star is a cool red M star orbiting in a nice wide loop. The distance is not that bad, speaking galatically. A mere 4.3 light years.
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06/12/2005 8:15:24 PM PDT
by
vannrox
(The Preamble to the Bill of Rights - without it, our Bill of Rights is meaningless!)
To: KevinDavis
Rather than traveling impossible distances within our own universe, we might find it far easier to travel to alternate universes.
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posted on
06/12/2005 8:15:45 PM PDT
by
Kirkwood
To: Kokojmudd
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posted on
06/12/2005 8:17:34 PM PDT
by
vger
(freeping since '97!)
To: EdHallick
You might appreciate this graphic...
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posted on
06/12/2005 8:17:54 PM PDT
by
vannrox
(The Preamble to the Bill of Rights - without it, our Bill of Rights is meaningless!)
To: vger
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posted on
06/12/2005 8:18:33 PM PDT
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vannrox
(The Preamble to the Bill of Rights - without it, our Bill of Rights is meaningless!)
To: Kirkwood; All
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posted on
06/12/2005 8:19:50 PM PDT
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KevinDavis
(the space/future belongs to the eagles, the earth/past to the groundhogs)
To: Leapfrog
I committed that one to memory years ago.
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posted on
06/12/2005 8:21:07 PM PDT
by
Rockitz
(After all these years, it's still rocket science.)
To: Rockitz
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posted on
06/12/2005 8:23:32 PM PDT
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Michael Goldsberry
(an enemy of islam -- Joe Boucher; Leapfrog; Dr.Zoidberg; Lazamataz; ...)
To: Kirkwood
"The Final Countdown" was a song by Europe, as well....
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posted on
06/12/2005 8:23:48 PM PDT
by
dirtbiker
(Solution for Terrorism: Nuke 'em 'till they glow, then shoot 'em in the dark!)
To: vannrox
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06/12/2005 8:24:11 PM PDT
by
Nasty McPhilthy
(Those who beat their swords into plow shears….will plow for those who don’t.)
To: Rockitz
I committed that one to memory years ago.My favorite is
There once was a man from Nantucket....
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posted on
06/12/2005 8:25:12 PM PDT
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dirtbiker
(Solution for Terrorism: Nuke 'em 'till they glow, then shoot 'em in the dark!)
To: Rockitz
And I also like the one:
There once was a sailor from Brighton...
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06/12/2005 8:26:32 PM PDT
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dirtbiker
(Solution for Terrorism: Nuke 'em 'till they glow, then shoot 'em in the dark!)
To: vannrox
"There are questions whether "c" is a constant at all"
Doesn't gravity change the speed of light. I thought this was proven, and currently astronomers are using the gravity effect as a magnifier for their telescopes. I might be completely off base - I'm just a curious businessman.
"...more difficult endeavor than exceeding the speed of sound. Maybe however, that it is only because we haven't figured out how to do it."
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
Arthur C. Clarke
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To: Oztrich Boy
Huh? he can't even do anything about 007 misusing his latest gadget.There's lots of wear and tear in the field, even an electromagnetic field.
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06/12/2005 8:27:40 PM PDT
by
Doctor Stochastic
(Vegetabilisch = chaotisch is der Charakter der Modernen. - Friedrich Schlegel)
To: vannrox
Will the speed of light always be a barrier? ,P> Well, it is not really a barrier if we cant even get close to it.
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06/12/2005 8:27:51 PM PDT
by
SandyB
To: vannrox
The barrier is the biology of our eyes and brains' visual processing centers.
Thankfully, there is no barrier to what we can perceive with our minds' eye.
I've been thinking of this issue for a while. Thanks for posting. That C is a variable works perfectly with my overall philosophy.
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06/12/2005 8:30:09 PM PDT
by
WKL815
(There is no such thing as Absolute Relativism. Just the Absolute.)
To: dirtbiker
My favorite is There once was a man from Nantucket....
I'm ashamed to admit that I remember that one also plus the one that starts
There was a young man named Dave...
which is of the same foul genre.
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06/12/2005 8:30:40 PM PDT
by
Rockitz
(After all these years, it's still rocket science.)
To: microgood
It may have not been a constant during the early stages of development of the universe, but in the fairly steady state we are in I think it is fairly constant, maybe changing a bit every billion years or so. Sorry, then its not a constant.
Constant is constant.
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posted on
06/12/2005 8:36:42 PM PDT
by
AFreeBird
(your mileage may vary)
To: vannrox
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06/12/2005 8:39:16 PM PDT
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Nasty McPhilthy
(Those who beat their swords into plow shears….will plow for those who don’t.)
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