Faster Than The Speed of Light

Created by Jason Gresehover for Physics 212 UAF

Most people know that physics tells us that it is impossible to move faster than the speed of light. Yet some thing about that fact hits us wrong. This leads us to four questions related to physics, that are extremely important.

 

1) Why would we want to go fast?

2) Why can't we go faster than light?

3) How fast can we go?

4) If we can't go the speed of light, are there any alternatives?

Starship enterprise at warp speed. Found here.
 

The purpose of this web project was to answer these questions and more.

 

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Relativism
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Relativistic Rocket
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last updated 3/19/05