Horace Heffner wrote: > Silly me! You don't have to travel faster than c to cross the universe! > As you approach c with respect to the local universe, it shrinks! You > then have less distance to travel at your near c speed. There is no > limit to your apparent speed.
cf Tau Zero by Poul Anderson Maybe this was the ship without the 'off' switch? Been a long time since I read it. Basic idea is a group of people find themselves stuck in a Bussard ramjet powered starship which, for whatever reason, doesn't get turned off ... it's one way to see "what really happens" when time runs out. > > Best regards, > > Horace Heffner > http://www.mtaonline.net/~hheffner/ > > > >
