I am confident that the world he sees before him will appear warped by his velocity when he compares notes to other spacemen traveling at a different clip. The overall picture will become more complex as different perspectives are incorporated into the discussion and that is one reason it will be wise to milk each one to the fullest extent. In my opinion every observer should see a world that is consistent with his understanding of the laws of physics that apply.
So far, I see no solid reason which keeps our space man from reaching velocities that exceed c from his personal perspective. He can measure the acceleration to which he is exposed in an accurate manner and therefore his on board computer will easily determine that he is traveling at a calculated speed of greater than c. Also, before he began his cruise, he measured the distance to the 10 light year away destination and therefore feels confident that he can reach it before 10 years of his time elapses. This result appears consistent with what others perceive when they measure his progress. The meson experiment confirms that this occurs as well if you view the world from its point of view. Perhaps we should chew on that one next. Dave -----Original Message----- From: Eric Walker <[email protected]> To: vortex-l <[email protected]> Sent: Sun, Nov 17, 2013 3:26 am Subject: Re: [Vo]:Local Calculated Velocity of Space Ship On Sun, Nov 17, 2013 at 12:19 AM, David Roberson <[email protected]> wrote: I do not expect to see any problem exceeding c according to our internal calculations provided fuel holds out. I don't have much sense of what would happen with regard to the fuel. One question I have is whether it would even be an issue. But keep in mind that as our pilot speeds past the near-light-speed observer, time will slow down for him so much that stars, galaxies and whole superclusters will start to come into existence and disappear like fireworks. Eventually he'll be going so quickly that something strange is bound to happen. ;) Eric
