Is Faster Than Light Travel Possible?
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In short, anything with mass cannot travel as fast as the speed of light, which is a staggering 299,792,458 metres/sec, and coincidently, as social media would have you believe, is also not the coordinates of the Egyptian pyramids (how many times does that one get posted a week) π€¦
So, are things without mass (like a photon), able to travel faster than the speed of light? The answer to that one is that there is still to much uncertainty to definitively answer yes or no. Referring back to βQuantum Tunnellingβ, a subject I covered earlier this week, the problem still remains of whether it is a product of probability, rather than a valid scientific observation.
In 1995 Gunter Nimtz claimed to have been able to modulate a βTunnellingβ beam where he was able to play Mozartβs Symphony No 40 at 4 times the speed of light. Whether the signal does travel faster or the beam is simply distorted by the process, similar to a runner who dips at the line, is still in question!
So the Sci-Fi vs Science bitβ¦β¦β¦β¦.. Do you think we will be able to achieve FLT travel in the future? Do you believe the science will ever stack up, and if not, how will we get around it, or wonβt we? What ideas have you seen (fictional and scientific) that have peaked your interest around this topic?
In short, anything with mass cannot travel as fast as the speed of light, which is a staggering 299,792,458 metres/sec, and coincidently, as social media would have you believe, is also not the coordinates of the Egyptian pyramids (how many times does that one get posted a week) π€¦
So, are things without mass (like a photon), able to travel faster than the speed of light? The answer to that one is that there is still to much uncertainty to definitively answer yes or no. Referring back to βQuantum Tunnellingβ, a subject I covered earlier this week, the problem still remains of whether it is a product of probability, rather than a valid scientific observation.
In 1995 Gunter Nimtz claimed to have been able to modulate a βTunnellingβ beam where he was able to play Mozartβs Symphony No 40 at 4 times the speed of light. Whether the signal does travel faster or the beam is simply distorted by the process, similar to a runner who dips at the line, is still in question!
So the Sci-Fi vs Science bitβ¦β¦β¦β¦.. Do you think we will be able to achieve FLT travel in the future? Do you believe the science will ever stack up, and if not, how will we get around it, or wonβt we? What ideas have you seen (fictional and scientific) that have peaked your interest around this topic?
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