fastest speed reached by man?

[Deleted member 651465]

Go watch that video about the 10 dimensions of space-time.

It's all about folding space-time, so you can effectively "jump" from 1 point to another that would be extremely far apart (if not folded).

Interesting, but I guarauntee you'd want to cry by the end..

 

[Tefal]

Its theoretically possible. I believe Einstein first proposed that space is a a fabric and its warped by mass and indeed we have confirmed this now, so its theoretically possible to warp it like planets, stars, black holes, etc.

http://www.popsci.com/military-aviation-space/article/2006-05/warp-drive

I was talking about tar trek /wars which one are you saying was wrong?

*ie from the cannon of the show/film not reall life.

 

[Mattus]

How about this:

If your spacecraft is going at the speed of light (and is using infinite energy to power it) what happens if you get out and push?

That's the same question as 'what if I take infinity and add 1 to it?' You just... can't.

 

[dal]

Was going to say 47 mph but there's a outside chance I could be wrong.

 

[taz488]

So do I. I would love to travel in space, just to feel true zero-mavity if nothing else.

Jon

thats never going to happen,there will be mavity acting on you whereever you go, you arnt actually feeling zero mavity, just relative to the space shuttle you are in

it would be cool though

0.000037% of e

speed of light is c? not e, e is 2.718..etc

 

[Timdog]

thats never going to happen,there will be mavity acting on you whereever you go, you arnt actually feeling zero mavity, just relative to the space shuttle you are in

it would be cool though

just the space shuttle?

try everything in the galaxy

 

[iamdjdz]

Was going to say 47 mph but there's a outside chance I could be wrong.

I think its actually 37.269kmph in fact.

 

[taz488]

just the space shuttle?

try everything in the galaxy

you get the point, no such thing as zero mavity when theres mass all over the show

 

[Ricochet J]

It shouldn't be too difficult launching an object at near light speeds into space ~ 97/98% speed of light. The technology already exists.

Using electromagnets to gain an accelleration around a loop then let the object fly in its desired trejectory. Same technology used at CERN.

 

[Tefal]

It shouldn't be too difficult launching an object at near light speeds into space ~ 97/98% speed of light. The technology already exists.

Using electromagnets to gain an accelleration around a loop then let the object fly in its desired trejectory. Same technology used at CERN.

they accelerate subatomic particals, for something like a space ship you'd need a massive massive ring + insane amounts of power.

 

[Ricochet J]

Not much power needed if you use the natural pull of the Earth's gravitional field.

 

[taz488]

It shouldn't be too difficult launching an object at near light speeds into space ~ 97/98% speed of light. The technology already exists.

Using electromagnets to gain an accelleration around a loop then let the object fly in its desired trejectory. Same technology used at CERN.

u know how big cern is right? and they wizz protons around, now scale that up for a spaceship, i think wed need a ring bigger than earth assuming its possible, theres the cost, it aint gonna happen

 

[Tefal]

Not much power needed if you use the natural pull of the Earth's gravitional field.

so the ring has to around the entire planet?

WE can barely fire a slug at speeds acceptable for a naval cannon.

 

[Ricochet J]

No, just have the ship rotate around the Earth just like a satalite. Keep doing it until you reach top speed.

 

[Tefal]

wait so your talking about firing it out of a loop then it flying around the world to gain altitude without extra power?

 

[Ricochet J]

No, using conventional rocket power, take it orbiting the Earth. As it orbits the Earth, it'll speed up gradually. NASA uses this tech to propel its satellites at long distance ~ Saturn and beyond.

 

[Tefal]

then what where the electromagnets and cern for?

And sling shot maneuvers around planets can't really be done from the ground up they need a long run at the planet to be pulled in and sped up by the mavity.

 

[Moredhel]

Thanks . that's in sane 6.9miles/s what's the stopping distance on that .

I hope by the time I become an OAP space travel is cheap.

4 years 3 months.

 

[daz]

I'm still pretty shaky on SR though!

As a graduate with no interest in taking my physics further, i'm still shaky... we only take one course of SR and that was way back in the first year. It does at least give you some mathematical understanding of the principles behind SR and lorentz transformations etc, which I think is important. It just annoys me when people use the infinite mass thing all the time.

 

[Energize]

Not a man.. but man-made.

The fastest man made object reached 241,350 km/h.

http://www.aerospaceweb.org/question/spacecraft/q0109c.shtml