Archmage Azor to [email protected] • edit-21 year agoIf we discover the means to travel faster than light, but researching and developing the technology means that the Earth is destroyed in just a few decades, should the technology still be pursued?message-square82arrow-up153arrow-down113file-text
arrow-up140arrow-down1message-squareIf we discover the means to travel faster than light, but researching and developing the technology means that the Earth is destroyed in just a few decades, should the technology still be pursued?Archmage Azor to [email protected] • edit-21 year agomessage-square82file-text
minus-square@MrPoopbuttlink1•1 year ago1800 years as observed from someone else watching the light travel. However, when travelling at c, you experience no time. From a photon’s point of view, no time passes between when it is emitted and when it is absorbed.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•1 year agoEarth isn’t travelling with you though so Earth would be toast long before you arrive.
1800 years as observed from someone else watching the light travel. However, when travelling at c, you experience no time. From a photon’s point of view, no time passes between when it is emitted and when it is absorbed.
Earth isn’t travelling with you though so Earth would be toast long before you arrive.