Calling The Intelligence of SN
10 April 2007, 12:47 PM
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Calling The Intelligence of SN
If in a Space Ship, travelling at the speed of light, how long would it take you to reach the Sun if you started on Earth?
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E=mc² To travel at the speed of light the spaceship would become infinitely massive and therefore would require an infinite amount of energy to move, so would actually be stationary 
Speed of light "The laws of relativity show that the closer you get to moving at the speed of light, the shorter and heavier you become, and so the more energy you need to maintain your speed (and even more to keep getting faster). At the speed of light you have infinite mass and so need infinite energy to be going that fast."
Earth - Sun = 93m miles / 186000 miles/sec = 8.33 minutes
Speed of light "The laws of relativity show that the closer you get to moving at the speed of light, the shorter and heavier you become, and so the more energy you need to maintain your speed (and even more to keep getting faster). At the speed of light you have infinite mass and so need infinite energy to be going that fast."
Earth - Sun = 93m miles / 186000 miles/sec = 8.33 minutes
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8 minutes and 18 seconds has it then 
Would the Scooby suffer from Det as it got nearer, do you think? And, would fuel surge affect it whilst in orbit? What about Heat Soak?
Would the Scooby suffer from Det as it got nearer, do you think? And, would fuel surge affect it whilst in orbit? What about Heat Soak?
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E=mc² To travel at the speed of light the spaceship would become infinitely massive and therefore would require an infinite amount of energy to move, so would actually be stationary
Speed of light "The laws of relativity show that the closer you get to moving at the speed of light, the shorter and heavier you become, and so the more energy you need to maintain your speed (and even more to keep getting faster). At the speed of light you have infinite mass and so need infinite energy to be going that fast."
Earth - Sun = 93m miles / 860000 miles/sec = 8.33 minutes
Speed of light "The laws of relativity show that the closer you get to moving at the speed of light, the shorter and heavier you become, and so the more energy you need to maintain your speed (and even more to keep getting faster). At the speed of light you have infinite mass and so need infinite energy to be going that fast."
Earth - Sun = 93m miles / 860000 miles/sec = 8.33 minutes
Your maths is correct but I think you mean 186,000 for the speed of light
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Hang on pissy, ar'nt you meant to be the crem de la ? engineer??
how come you can't work it out?
another presentation comming up that youve got to bluff your way through
i would say stick to boilers and micras, but both of those have become 3 page epics
Mart
how come you can't work it out?
another presentation comming up that youve got to bluff your way through
i would say stick to boilers and micras, but both of those have become 3 page epics
Mart
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It depends on your point of reference. If you were on the spaceship, surely it would take no time at all if you look at the effects of time dilation.
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I dunno. Another sign of SN going to the dogs. First too many non-scooby owners and now someone trying to mainpulate concepts of general relativity within a Newtonian paradigm. I'm disgusted, frankly.
I did like the Spocklink gag though.
