Pointless fact about '39

I'd been wondering this for years but never bothered to figure it out.........if the space travelers in '39 were going so fast as to make 100 years on Earth be 1 year for them...............just how fast is that?

So, I actually googled 'time dilation'...............apparently they were going 94.87% of the speed of light!!!

In related news, I have way too much time on my hands............

And per Steven Wright: "If a spaceship is going faster than the speed of light, and you turn on the headlights.....will they work?"

Thanks for the info

If you have all that time in your hands, do something what you like and fill your life of joy. If you haven't found it, search it.

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it's not possible any of it. Brian's song - just like his recent claims about Who Wants To Live Forever are - bunkum.
If we give him the benefit of the doubt and say they managed to travel at the speed of light then the outward journey is 50 years, with an equal time spent "heading home"
here's a list of all the nearest big stars/rocks/planets etc - in approx light years:
Alpha Centauri: 4 light yrs
Sirius: 9 light yrs
Vega: 25 light yrs
Fomalhaut: 25 light yrs
Arcturus: 37 light yrs
Antares: 600 light yrs
Pleiades open star cluster: 440 light yrs
Hercules globular star cluster (M13): 24,000 light yrs
Center of Milky Way galaxy: 27,000 light yrs

so, nothing hospitable withing a 100 year round trip then

Interesting topic actually

Maybe he read 'The Forever War' by Joe Haldeman, and took it as inspiration.

It's science fiction ffs.

Isn't it that light years are a measurement of speed and not time?

A round trip of 100 years could be achieved depending on their speed in transit. Not the amount of time errrr.... ugh.


Someone who's continually kept their math skills up oughta figure it out.

An equation factoring in the time disposition 100 years



So 94.87% is not quite the speed of light?


Assuming our travelers exceeded the speed of light they could have reached any of those places mentioned above, Had a bite to eat and returned.

Endless factors to be considered.

First and foremost in REALITY the type and amount of fuel/alternate source of energy would have to be considered.


This sounds like a PERFECT question to ask Dr May, KING OF RHYE. I'm sure it would get a lengthy response

[QUOTE] [b]matt z wrote:[/b]

Isn't it that light years are a measurement of speed and not time?
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Neither, they're a unit of distance.........the distance light travels in a year...........

[QUOTE] [b]brENsKi wrote:[/b]

it's not possible any of it. Brian's song - just like his recent claims about Who Wants To Live Forever are - bumcum.
If we give him the benefit of the doubt and say they managed to travel at the speed of light then the outward journey is 50 years, with an equal time spent "heading home"
here's a list of all the nearest big stars/rocks/planets etc - in approx light years:
Alpha Centauri: 4 light yrs
Sirius: 9 light yrs
Vega: 25 light yrs
Fomalhaut: 25 light yrs
Arcturus: 37 light yrs
Antares: 600 light yrs
Pleiades open star cluster: 440 light yrs
Hercules globular star cluster (M13): 24,000 light yrs
Center of Milky Way galaxy: 27,000 light yrs

so, nothing hospitable withing a 100 year round trip then[/QUOTE]

Uh.........well they'd actually need LESS time than 100 years to reach some of those stars, traveling at not quite the speed of light........

And the only thing that does travel at light speed, by the way, is light...........unless you find a wormhole or something.........and then things get weirder...........

[QUOTE] [b]The King Of Rhye wrote:[/b]

[QUOTE] [b]matt z wrote:[/b]

Isn't it that light years are a measurement of speed and not time?
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Neither, they're a unit of distance.........the distance light travels in a year...........

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Distance is straight lines, space doesnt like straight lines...

Here we go............did a little more research..............Gamma Cephei is approximately 45 light-years away and is thought to have planets orbiting it.........that would just about work..............


Even if the song is BS............hey it's sci-fi!!!!!! What matt z said is right though..........the real problem is the amount of energy traveling at such a speed would take!

and that 'time dilation' effect has actually been observed.........nowhere even close to the extent in the song, tho..................


Yeah, I'm a bit of a sci fi geek..................love rambling about this kinda stuff...........;)

[QUOTE] [b]brENsKi wrote:[/b]

it's not possible any of it. Brian's song - just like his recent claims about Who Wants To Live Forever are - bumcum.
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bumcum?

In the year of '39 started World war ll, so I hope the story of the song talk about them before September 1, 1939....on the contrary, they were a bunch of deserters running away.

[QUOTE] [b]The King Of Rhye wrote:[/b]

And the only thing that does travel at light speed, by the way, is light............[/QUOTE]
So far!
Give technology a chance.