Phil, At 20% of the speed of light in our current universe, the time dilation factor is only around 2%, assuming I've done my math correctly. In other words, time would only run about 2% slower, so for every hour that passes on earth, only about 59 minutes would pass on the ship.
Also, the time dilation factor affects everything on the ship, including the robots. They wouldn't seem to move any faster than usual to the people on the ship. It sounds like whoever wrote the story didn't quite understand GR, or they might have just thrown accuracy to the wind for the sake of plot. At any rate, I think calling it 'science fact' is a little too generous. Dennis Towne Alter Aeon MUD http://www.alteraeon.com On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 1:38 PM, Phil Vlasak <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Thomas, > I should have called it fake FTI. > In the story the craft traveled at twenty percent the speed of light so it > was science fact, but as the people's senses and metabolism were slowed down > to 365th of normal, it seemed like faster than light to them. > Traveling at 37,000 miles per second would get you quite far in 100 > years. > If you traveled to the nearest star at 20% the speed of light (60,000 kps) > it would take about 22 years > To the slowed down people on board,it would seem like 22 days. > They could also use a form of teleporter. > He could press a button on his wrist and say cabin 16, and instantly, to > him, he would be there. > In reality he would be picked up by a robot and moved at 3 miles per hour, > which with his slowed down senses would feel like 1,000 miles per hour. > Phil > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas Ward" <[email protected]> > > To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, August 13, 2012 12:57 PM > > Subject: Re: [Audyssey] FTL in games > > >> Hi Phil, >> >> True, but FTL is as yet in opposition with known physics. As I >> understand it nothing can travel faster than the speed of light. It is >> the great constant in physics. There are tacions that move faster than >> light, but nothing else in known physics can do it. >> >> The other problem that makes FTL implausible is inertia. How exactly >> do you go from 0 KPS to 300,000 KPS without the people inside the >> spaceship being smashed into jelly? >> >> My point being while FTL is common place in books, movies, and video >> games no one has a clue how to get around the laws of physics and make >> it truly plausible. That's why it is called science fiction. :D >> >> On 8/13/12, Phil Vlasak <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Hi Dark, >>> There have been many SF stories where faster than light transport was >>> scientifically possible. >>> In Aliens and 2001 , they use hibernation. >>> I read of a story with modified hibernation where the humans slow down so >>> a >>> >>> year feels like a day of time, and a 100 year flight would feel like 100 >>> days. >>> Of course, when they got back to earth, over 200 years would have passed. >>> One interesting detail was that the robots moved at normal speed, which >>> was >>> >>> so fast to the humans that they were invisible. >>> A human would ask for a glass of water, hold out her hand and it would >>> almost magically appear in her hand. >>> Phil >>> >> >> --- >> Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] >> If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to >> [email protected]. >> You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at >> http://mail.audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. >> All messages are archived and can be searched and read at >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. >> If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the >> list, >> please send E-mail to [email protected]. >> >> >> ----- >> No virus found in this message. >> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >> Version: 10.0.1424 / Virus Database: 2437/5197 - Release Date: 08/13/12 >> > > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > [email protected]. > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://mail.audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, > please send E-mail to [email protected]. --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://mail.audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [email protected].
