How far is it to Mars?

[Hawaiian Punch]

Short answer:

The closer an object gets to the speed of light, the more mass it gains until the object's mass is infinite. In order to move an infinite amount of mass you'd need an infinite amount of energy. Since infinite energy doesn't exist, you'll never reach the speed of light.​

compound, Porno flick music, Daddy came with it when I wrote it

 

[Blackking]

We just have to find someone who might be already dying of an illness (but not within a year).. that happens to be a scientist. The radiation will kill them and they probably wont make it back. And figure out how to launch a ship made of plastic off the moon.

 

[newworldafro]

its probably some shyt that we never seen before in those space rocks though :NJ: i thought there was a thread on here somewhere about that rock that crash landed into russia that left "super-diamonds" in its wake but here is the article


Russia's large and super abrasive diamonds stir up world markets - English pravda.ru


we could be using those to improve life right now but instead its just getting set up to be a monopoly friend, capitalism is like the demon of greed

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I have heard about this ..........................................

 

[Sensitive Blake Griffin]

its probably some shyt that we never seen before in those space rocks though :NJ: i thought there was a thread on here somewhere about that rock that crash landed into russia that left "super-diamonds" in its wake but here is the article


Russia's large and super abrasive diamonds stir up world markets - English pravda.ru


we could be using those to improve life right now but instead its just getting set up to be a monopoly friend, capitalism is like the demon of greed

Diamonds aren't some magical substance dude, it's just pressurized carbon.

And we know exactly what is in "space rocks".

 

[Dirty_Jerz]

Diamonds aren't some magical substance dude, it's just pressurized carbon.

And we know exactly what is in "space rocks".

dont you play in your a$$hole? dont quote me acting like a fakkit

 

[Sensitive Blake Griffin]

dont you play in your a$$hole? dont quote me acting like a fakkit

Why do you all always have to bring up homosexuality and describe weird sexual acts? Jesus christ, come out the fukking closet already, it's seriously ridiculous.

 

[Dafunkdoc_Unlimited]

A solar sail could go 10% the speed of light. I however don't see how we can ever travel at light speed for a billion different reasons.

Here is my question: Do photons have mass? I've read they have no "resting mass" but this subject is very hazy. Because if they do have mass, wouldn't their mass become infinite once they're moving at the speed of light? Wouldn't this "infinite mass" create some sort of black hole?

Also, another question. Did Einstein believe the speed of light is constant in all aspects or does e=mc2 only apply to light in a vacuum? Because light's speed does slow down when passing through matter. (I may just be interpreting this wrong)

'Rest mass' has to do with quantum mechanics which is beyond me. From what I do understand, photons don't have 'mass' but do have momentum and energy. If photons had mass, they wouldn't be able to move at the speed of light.

The speed of light IS constant (AFAIK) until it passes through media. The particles of the media absorb the light, vibrate, then re-emit it. The more particles (denser) the media, the more the light slows down. This is known as the index of refraction and Einstein was aware of it.​

 

[Sensitive Blake Griffin]

'Rest mass' has to do with quantum mechanics which is beyond me. From what I do understand, photons don't have 'mass' but do have momentum and energy. If photons had mass, they wouldn't be able to move at the speed of light.

The speed of light IS constant (AFAIK) until it passes through media. The particles of the media absorb the light, vibrate, then re-emit it. The more particles (denser) the media, the more the light slows down. This is known as the index of refraction and Einstein was aware of it.​

Cool stuff. Apparently there is debate about whether photons have mass

Photon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[jadillac]

At the very least we should have an operating moon base by now.

Launching from the moon would cut the time down that it takes to get to Mars.

Humanity should be doing more. We waste too many resources on shyt that doesn't matter.

The people on the moon told us not to come back.

 

[Dafunkdoc_Unlimited]

Cool stuff. Apparently there is debate about whether photons have mass

Photon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The 'Rabbit Hole' goes even deeper.....

Cherenkov radiation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Sensitive Blake Griffin]

The 'Rabbit Hole' goes even deeper.....

Cherenkov radiation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Whoa. So wait.. It's possible for a frequency to be faster than the speed of light?

I think I'm a little too stoned to digest this right now, can you elaborate a little on this?

 

[Dafunkdoc_Unlimited]

Whoa. So wait.. It's possible for a frequency to be faster than the speed of light?

I think I'm a little too stoned to digest this right now, can you elaborate a little on this?

It's basically a 'sonic boom', but instead of sound waves, it's composed of light waves from a particle travelling faster than the speed of light.
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[Sensitive Blake Griffin]

It's basically a 'sonic boom', but instead of sound waves, it's composed of light waves from a particle travelling faster than the speed of light.
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but are the particles traveling faster than light or is it about the frequency of it? (or are those two things essentially the same?)

I swear I'm gonna go back to school one day and get my physics degree. Love this stuff.

 

[Skooby]

Speaking of our solar system...why not try to reverse the greenhouse effect on Venus?

 

[2Quik4UHoes]

Speaking of our solar system...why not try to reverse the greenhouse effect on Venus?

Impossible. We should send our garbage to Venus and stop polluting our own planet.