This was written in the days when I was a young Aerospace Engineering student. Quite a bit has happened since this article was written. Namely Jimmy Carter and his change of direction for NASA. Anyone remember the crash of the SKY-LAB? Then Ronald Regan who wanted to develop NASP, the space station, and the SDI....only to Bill Clinton and Al Gore divert all the funds for the Children...
There are questions whether "c" is a constant at all...There are questions in the fundamental action and behavoir and assumtptions of matter, and all of this has resulted the having subatomic particles travel faster than the speed of light.
Perhaps some day we might be able to travel faster than light. It certainly would be cool. But I doublt that it will be in my lifetime.
1 posted on
06/12/2005 6:00:56 PM PDT by
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Doesn't Zephram Cochrane invent warp travel in 2063?
49 posted on
06/12/2005 7:17:24 PM PDT by
birbear
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51 posted on
06/12/2005 7:18:59 PM PDT by
Sam Cree
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Perhaps some day we might be able to travel faster than light. It certainly would be cool. IIRC, the nearest star/solar system is many LIGHT YEARS (the distance a particle traveling at the speed of light travels in a year) away. Therefore, even if we conquer the light speed barrier, it may not really get us anywhere worthwhile.
58 posted on
06/12/2005 7:50:40 PM PDT by
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59 posted on
06/12/2005 7:51:56 PM PDT by
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71 posted on
06/12/2005 8:24:11 PM PDT by
Nasty McPhilthy
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"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.
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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.
76 posted on
06/12/2005 8:27:51 PM PDT by
SandyB
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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.
77 posted on
06/12/2005 8:30:09 PM PDT by
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80 posted on
06/12/2005 8:39:16 PM PDT by
Nasty McPhilthy
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As we increase speed from ero, Damm, missing a "z" is almost as bad as missing a period.
86 posted on
06/12/2005 8:52:37 PM PDT by
Old Professer
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92 posted on
06/12/2005 9:55:05 PM PDT by
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96 posted on
06/12/2005 10:10:36 PM PDT by
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'c', much like pi, is a constant only in a static paradigm. In a gravitational field, pi does not remain a constant. Can we name the 'field' in which 'c' will no longer be a constant?
97 posted on
06/12/2005 10:15:52 PM PDT by
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Doesn't the information teleported with entangled pairs of photons already travel faster than the speed of light?
102 posted on
06/12/2005 11:36:33 PM PDT by
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To: vannrox
Good read, Thanks for posting. Bumpers.
prisoner6
107 posted on
06/13/2005 3:27:49 AM PDT by
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Actually in the future, scientist will re-define the speed of light up so high that we won't have to worry about it. Its just not time for them to do it.
109 posted on
06/13/2005 5:41:44 AM PDT by
Conan the Librarian
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It's ze Law!
113 posted on
06/13/2005 7:11:18 AM PDT by
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"But I doublt that it will be in my lifetime."
Have you NEVER watched the Roadrunner? Or the Tasmanian Devil?
122 posted on
06/13/2005 11:15:06 AM PDT by
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looks interesting, read later.
124 posted on
06/13/2005 11:19:12 AM PDT by
Sam Cree
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Perhaps some day we might be able to travel faster than light. It certainly would be cool. But I doublt that it will be in my lifetime.Maglev is a step in the right direction.
And the technology is available NOW!!!
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