And the only thing that does travel at light speed, by the way, is light............
So far!
Give technology a chance.
Screw technology we all might have light speed in our bodies. We see with our eyes at the speed of light so the connection between our eyes and our brain must send signals at the speed of light?
I'm not a doctor but I think that is a true fact, am I wrong? any debate would be greatly welcome.
Love threads like this that get off topic in an interesting way.. :)
Screw technology we all might have light speed in our bodies. We see with our eyes at the speed of light so the connection between our eyes and our brain must send signals at the speed of light?
The nerve signals can reach speeds of up to 100 m/s. The speed of light is just shy of 300 000 000 m/s. So not quite.
If they were clever enough to go into space in the first place surely they would have known they would have aged slower and avoided the sorry state of affairs that resulted.
If they were clever enough to go into space in the first place surely they would have known they would have aged slower and avoided the sorry state of affairs that resulted.
School boy error in my book.
Don't underestimate human stupidity. Did you know before the first atomic test, they believe there was a small posibility that an antomic explosion could incinerate the atmosphere and destroy the planet? And they did the test anyway!
Is a matter of time someone do really catastrophic.
Going into the deep space without knowing the consecuences is not that hard to believe. Human science is based in ''Trial and Error'' after all.
If they were clever enough to go into space in the first place surely they would have known they would have aged slower and avoided the sorry state of affairs that resulted.
School boy error in my book.
Well, the song doesn't say anything about them not knowing what would have happened! I always thought it was that they went on the trip, knowing full well what would happen, but it was a neccessity......and then their "hearts so heavily weigh(ed)" upon seeing the results on their return............"your mother's eyes, from your eyes, cry to me"...............
Sometimes after I have had 15 pints of Guiness a disgusting brown mess appears in my pants long before the urge to go to the toilet. Pretty sure that is faster than the speed of light....
When travelling through sodium at -270 degrees, light slows to 38 miles per hour. The speed of light is only constant in a vacuum at 186,000 miles per second. Going through diamonds, the speed of light is only 80,000 miles per second.
Yep. Millions of variables to be taken into account. Maximum velocity, trajectory, obstacles, sustainability of fuel, technological feasibility.
It had already been approached in a sad way in the Twilight Zone.... the episode was called "the long morrow" (funny how I remember all THIS stuff but the mathematics have slipped ugh)
Where incidentally the Astronaut falls in love with another who remains behind. The damning is two fold.
Number one. The departing astronaut is to be placed in a ship by himself under a deep freeze. He knows that when and if he returns his girlfriend will have aged like 50 years.
So he opts out like a true romantic. (*what's never explained is whether or not the guy had an adequate food supply/dispersal etc within the cargo)
And instead of remaining in a deep freeze he runs the term having aged.
Unfortunately for him, his then girlfriend on earth opts for the still unperfected procedure and has herself frozen while he's in space.
He comes back old, she's still young. No romantic ending. And far worse. By the time he's returned to earth his navigational mission and it's entire method/technology have been obsolete for generations
Of course it was done poetically. For both he and the woman to age at the approximate same lengths would be dependent on a ton of other factors.
It wasn't relative to travel faster than the speed of light however. It was a long trip.
Still somewhat similar
Please ask Brian if he'd ever considered factoring into the song an estimated ship length of travel etc. Computed the damn thing.
I'd hate to steal your thunder if he actually answered it
Sometimes after I have had 15 pints of Guiness a disgusting brown mess appears in my pants long before the urge to go to the toilet. Pretty sure that is faster than the speed of light....
