Queen-related Time Dilation problem

This is for Science geeks/nerds only. Anyone with a Science or Engineering background should be able to solve this problem.
In the song '39, the Captain goes on a space voyage, travelling at a speed close to the speed of light. He returns 100 years later(Earth time) but has himself aged a year. In light of Einstein's theory of special relativity, what speed was the spaceship travelling at?(Assume the speed of light, c = 3 x 10^8 m/s and express the result in 9 significant digits preferrably upto 1 decimal place)

engerering isn't geeky,
Brian and John were good at engenering, and they arn't nerds they are sooooo cool!!!!
anyway I dont know, u lost me at the ''how fast was the ship'' bit,
I am shit at science, especialy maths!!!
im more of an art and english person XD

lifetimefanofqueen wrote: engerering isn't geeky,
Brian and John were good at engenering, and they arn't nerds they are sooooo cool!!!!
anyway I dont know, u lost me at the ''how fast was the ship'' bit,
I am shit at science, especialy maths!!!
im more of an art and english person XD

I meant geeky in a good way. :/ And this is Einsteinian Physics at its simplest, really.
Anyway, I'm sure someone will be able to solve this eventually. ParisNair should be able to do this effortlessly. :D

Easy.
7793787,122931750151448720502313 in meters per hour :-)

pittrek wrote: Easy.
7793787,122931750151448720502313 in meters per hour :-)

I know you're joking, but most people will overlook that and think this is the correct answer. So if this figure went under anyone's sarcasm radar, that's not the correct answer. Even in metres per hour(which he used), it's way off.

Yes, I try to find my old things from school and refresh my memory and try it again :-) It's been quite a long time since school :-) BTW I counted with speed of light being 299 792 458 m / s and not 3*10^8

Saif wrote: This is for Science geeks/nerds only. Anyone with a Science or Engineering background should be able to solve this problem.
In the song '39, the Captain goes on a space voyage, travelling at a speed close to the speed of light. He returns 100 years later(Earth time) but has himself aged a year. In light of Einstein's theory of special relativity, what speed was the spaceship travelling at?(Assume the speed of light, c = 3 x 10^8 m/s and express the result in 9 significant digits preferrably upto 1 decimal place)
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You can't know that unless you know his itinerary: for example, maybe he stopped for a while to watch attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion? Or to see C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate? Too many variables...

pittrek wrote: Yes, I try to find my old things from school and refresh my memory and try it again :-) It's been quite a long time since school :-) BTW I counted with speed of light being 299 792 458 m / s and not 3*10^8
Even if you had taken that value, the answer you gave in metres per hour would have been of the order 10^12, which it isn't. :P
Holly, considering the itinerary can be a benefit or a hazard. If it's a benefit, then it's not my problem. ;)

God I love Blade Runner!

He was going very fast, that's all you need to know.

You get an F for your apathy.

v = c * sqrt (0.99)  ???

Damned, I used to be very good in math 10 years ago at school :-(

pittrek wrote: v = c * sqrt (0.99)  ???

Damned, I used to be very good in math 10 years ago at school :-(
Yeah, that's approximately correct. The answer is 299984999.6 m/s, assuming c = 3 x 10^8 m/s. But if you use the value you cited earlier, it would be more accurate. You get a cookie. :D
I was really good in Physics, Math and Chemistry as well. I've made a big career mistake.

I'm still at school
LOL

That is correct if you assume a constant speed and an instantaneous acceleration. I suppose you used Lorentz transformations.