04-25-2007, 06:41 PM
[quote Tofer][quote Racer X]we should train Phylis Diller as an astronaut. She will probably still be alive when she gets there.
Ah, but the beauty of relativity is that you or I could potentially go somewhere that is 1000 light years away and in our personal time reference frame it might only take one year to get there. Your relatives on Earth would be long dead, but you'd be alive and kicking, checking out the cool new planet.
-Tofer
ummm... that's only as you approach the speed of light... even if you were AT the speed of light it would take 1.5 years to get there (that's from your perspective because you're inside the ship)...
Ah, but the beauty of relativity is that you or I could potentially go somewhere that is 1000 light years away and in our personal time reference frame it might only take one year to get there. Your relatives on Earth would be long dead, but you'd be alive and kicking, checking out the cool new planet.
-Tofer
ummm... that's only as you approach the speed of light... even if you were AT the speed of light it would take 1.5 years to get there (that's from your perspective because you're inside the ship)...