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Assuming there's no microscopic debris in space and it's pretty empty, wouldn't it be possible to accelerate faster than c relative to Earth and get there soone
by Joakal 15y ago
Assuming there's no microscopic debris in space and it's pretty empty, wouldn't it be possible to accelerate faster than c relative to Earth and get there sooner in terms of body age? I mean gradual increase of acceleration, of course.
I understand that Earth will just see the ship time flow more slowly.
- johngalt 15y agoLorentz factor only makes a large enough difference when you're very close to the speed of light. Edit: changed from 'c' to 'the speed of light'
- Joakal 15y agoc, as in Earth's view of ship's speed?
- prewett 15y agoYou can't go faster than c from anyone's reference frame (that's why space and time contract, to prevent that). "I understand that Earth will just see the ship time flow more slowly." You have that reversed: Earth will see time same as usual, but time for you will slow down.