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minus-squareFlying SquidOPMlink14•6 months agoSame issue with a time machine. The Earth moves. Fast. You go back in time a day and you’ll be floating in a void.
minus-square_NetNomadlinkfedilink24•6 months agothat’s why your time machine has to be a vehicle, like a delorean. you just drive to where the earth was, problem solved!
minus-squareFlying SquidOPMlink10•6 months ago“Where we’re going, we don’t need a life support system. Oh wait, we really do.”
minus-square@I_Fart_Glitterlink4•6 months agoSirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut is about this. It’s the only book of his I really enjoyed.
minus-squareFlying SquidOPMlink3•6 months agoI read that when I was a teenager in the early 90s and remember absolutely nothing about it.
minus-squarePossibly linuxlinkfedilinkEnglish1•6 months ago The Earth moves Compared to what? Velocity is relative. From the perspective of Earth the universe is moving.
Same issue with a time machine. The Earth moves. Fast. You go back in time a day and you’ll be floating in a void.
that’s why your time machine has to be a vehicle, like a delorean. you just drive to where the earth was, problem solved!
“Where we’re going, we don’t need a life support system. Oh wait, we really do.”
Or a flying police box.
Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut is about this. It’s the only book of his I really enjoyed.
I read that when I was a teenager in the early 90s and remember absolutely nothing about it.
Compared to what? Velocity is relative. From the perspective of Earth the universe is moving.