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Why you can't reach the speed of light normally
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Hey, I just want to explain why you can't get to or over the speed of light!
As you approach to the speed of light, the time doesn't just dilate, but your ship or vehicle becomes shorter and more massive (contains more stuff in the object), hugely massive because of E=MC2... E=MC2 means energy divided by the speed of light squared is the measure of mass added to your ship, which adds up as you approach 'c' (the speed of light). (I could find the equations which explain how your ship would weigh more than the entire universe but I won't). How would you move your spaceship whose mass is infinity? (you would also need infinity energy) The 'lorentz contraction' also works here so you would be shrunk to a point as you got up to c.
However, you could use an Alcubierre drive which requires negative mass and you move space towards you whilst staying stationary!
As you approach to the speed of light, the time doesn't just dilate, but your ship or vehicle becomes shorter and more massive (contains more stuff in the object), hugely massive because of E=MC2... E=MC2 means energy divided by the speed of light squared is the measure of mass added to your ship, which adds up as you approach 'c' (the speed of light). (I could find the equations which explain how your ship would weigh more than the entire universe but I won't). How would you move your spaceship whose mass is infinity? (you would also need infinity energy) The 'lorentz contraction' also works here so you would be shrunk to a point as you got up to c.
However, you could use an Alcubierre drive which requires negative mass and you move space towards you whilst staying stationary!
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