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05-12-2009, 11:52 PM
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Wildcard Bitches
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Re: Thanks for the snapshots Hubble
If your driving 60mph towards a car that's traveling 60mph, it is like your traveling 120 mph towards the car. With the speed of light, this is not true.
Speed of light is 299,792,458 mps, so if your traveling 60mps towards the speed of light.... the light is still coming at you at a constant 299,792,458 mps. Nutso.
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05-12-2009, 11:58 PM
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Re: Thanks for the snapshots Hubble
The speed of light is 186,282 miles per SECOND. That means in one second you could travel the circumference of the planet earth (24,901 miles) 7.5 times. In one second. That's crazy.
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05-13-2009, 10:15 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2006
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Re: Thanks for the snapshots Hubble
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This is basically what makes long-distance space travel impractical. If we were able to travel the speed of light, it'd still take a lifetime to reach the nearest galaxy. All the while, time would be passing much quicker on Earth. So, if it takes 75 years at the speed of light to reach Andromeda, thousands of years could be passing on Earth during your voyage. Hell, the human race could become extinct before you even reached your destination. Warp drive is the only way!
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05-13-2009, 10:27 AM
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Re: Thanks for the snapshots Hubble
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