Star Trek just became a possible reality

Southrend · **Posted:** September 23rd, 2011, 12:49 am

At least, that's what I think, if I remember my science classes correctly.

Faster than the speed of light.

Now we've just got to wait for April 5th 2063.

Adbot · **Posted:** September 23rd, 2011, 12:49 am

trekkie · **Posted:** September 23rd, 2011, 9:10 am

yeah but then, how do we combat the time distortion.

Shane · **Posted:** September 23rd, 2011, 1:52 pm

trekkie wrote:

yeah but then, how do we combat the time distortion.

Exactly.

The only question with this is, can it be verified multiple other times? The theory of spatial relativity is a big one, it would mean major changes if this is indeed true. The question after that will become how did this happen and how were we mislead for so long.

The idea is that as you approach the speed of light time slows down for you and when you reach it time stands still. What happens when you pass the speed of light?

How do we get enough energy to actually propel something to such speeds?

Oh and one more straw for those of you who don't really care/understand/haven't studied Einstein's theory: What does this imply for other scientific theories?

Mushroom Queen · **Posted:** September 24th, 2011, 1:32 pm

I hope we invent replicators first.

Brimmk · **Posted:** September 24th, 2011, 8:54 pm

that's really cool....
if it really is true and is repeatable and verified, then as the article says, the discovery could most of modern physics since Einstein...... Kind of hard to imagine that, but talk about a leap if we could have faster-than-light travel... it could make colonizing new planets feasible, and that my friends, would be Awesome!!!!!!

trekkie · **Posted:** September 24th, 2011, 11:58 pm

Mushroom Queen wrote:

I hope we invent replicators first.

first thine i would order would be a double cheeseburger with fries extra ketchup.

Adbot · **Posted:** September 24th, 2011, 11:58 pm

Pennstate315 · Runite Member 5-25-10

Time Travel?

Nah, but this is cool though, just gotta see if it can be confirmed by other scientists.