Re: [FairfieldLife] If You Could Travel at the Speed of Light...

2014-01-16 Thread anartaxius
The main problem is radiation. As you approach the speed of light any radiation coming at you in the direction of travel increases in frequency and energy due to your velocity. You would quickly die of radiation exposure. The experience of motion is relative. If you were traveling at 1,000 ti

Re: [FairfieldLife] If You Could Travel at the Speed of Light...

2014-01-16 Thread Share Long
John, until I become a light being I wouldn't want to travel at the speed of light. I don't think my nervous system could take it. BUT if it could, then I'd like to some oceanside place, warm and sunny, with blue skies and gentle breezes. Yep, I'm ready for winter to be done! On Thursday, J

[FairfieldLife] If You Could Travel at the Speed of Light...

2014-01-16 Thread jr_esq
Where would you go? This question is a take off on John Hagelin's statement, in Rick's recent interview, that the experience of getting to another exoplanet about a million light years away would be instantaneous if you traveled at the speed of light. However, an observer from earth would stil