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Bullshit. The "relativity" part of "relativistic" means that the physics are the same in all inertial (non-accelerating) reference frames, independent of their
by JabavuAdams 16y ago
Bullshit. The "relativity" part of "relativistic" means that the physics are the same in all inertial (non-accelerating) reference frames, independent of their relative velocity. The author isn't keeping his reference frames separate.
If I'm in the spaceship, I don't notice any shortening of my molecules in the direction of travel, the outside world just looks longer along that axis.
- BahUnfair 16y agoThankyou, I picked up on this to. It amuses me that someone can know quite a bit about the theory and then completely miss the most obvious flaw in his idea. The ridiculous mass of objects, however, is (theoretically) true.
- JabavuAdams 16y ago... mass as seen from another reference frame ... but yeah, there may be a reason to make your interstellar ships have small cross-sectional area ... and ice shields ... wonders why he forgot to take an Alastair Reynolds book on vacation
- BahUnfair 16y agoHaha thanks for the correction. I forget that I need to take care with definitions when it comes to physics concepts. I just finished reading Redemption Ark, that leaves Absolution Gap and The Prefect. Only a good 2000+ pages to go!