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
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
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