Breaking Einstein's Intergalactic Speed Limit

[85 Cutlass Brougham]

I was thinking about this the other day while I was delivering pizza. There theoretically IS a way to go faster than the speed of light, relatively speaking of course. Now for those of you who don't know, according to Enstein's Theory of Relativity, it is impossible to exceed the speed of light, 186,000 miles per second. So what I propose is this: Speed is a relative thing depepnding on what it ie being measured against. Right? So, theoretically, let's say you launch two craft from a planet, each of which is going exactly 180 degrees away from the other. Launch both at 3/4 the speed of light. When they reach terminal velocity, each craft will be going 3/4 the speed of light from the point of the Earth's orbit they were launched from. However, they will be going 1.5 the speed of light away from each other. So, relatively speaking, they will be traveling faster than the speed of light, depending on your point of reference. I also have a second way to do this, but I am too lazy to post it right now.

 

[Doober]

I imagined it would use a stationary object as a point of reference, as opposed to another moving object, but you have a point still :lol: 😉

 

[Geesie]

Check this first.

And also this.

In these examples, certain influences may appear to travel faster than light, but they do not convey energy or information faster than light, so they do not violate special relativity/

 

[85 Cutlass Brougham]

Dammit, I don't yet understand all of the math used there. I get some of the derivatives, but not anything beyond that.

However, I am REALLY looking forward to taking physics!

 

[Geesie]

Inertial reference frames are very, very important here.

 

[85 Cutlass Brougham]

Inertial reference frames are very, very important here.

I figured that much, and that it was something to do with closed systems and not relative to everything in the universe. I kinda assumed that since a lot of smart people have lived before, that someone had thought of this. I just thought it was a fun thing to think about. I have been itching to take college level physics for a long time now as I have been reading about it for fun since I was in High School. Until now though, I didn't have enough math to fit the prerequisites for the courses. If I manage to pass Calc I this time, I will finally be allowed to take it.

 

[78mali350]

i wish i had a brain haha my thoughts when driving are "what did i have for lunch yesterday?"

 

[85 Cutlass Brougham]

i wish i had a brain haha my thoughts when driving are "what did i have for lunch yesterday?"

You just have to learn to exercise it properly. Plus, I practically live in my delivery truck, and since my cell phone was cut off a month and a half ago, I don't really get to talk to too many people anymore, so I have lots of thinking time. You get tired of the radio and iPod after a while. I was thinking of listening to the audio book version of Ayn Ryand's "Atlas Shrugged" to pass the time, but it is something like 40 or 60 CD's. There are so many books I would love to read and no time to read them in.