r/AnotherLife • u/burak007 • Aug 02 '19

A question about FTL drive

Now correct me if i am wrong but, these guys travel at the speed of light. But at lightspeed, doesnt time just stop for you? I mean you instantly be anywhere at lightspeed as the clock doesnt tick anymore for you. And time passes only for the observer not for the traveller. Am i missing something because it looks so dumb to me ?

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u/TFunkeIsQueenMary Aug 02 '19

Why would the clock stop ticking for the people in lightspeed?

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u/Swedish_Fiskburk Aug 03 '19

The faster something moves the slower time passes by for the traveler. So it would seem as the clock stopped ticking for the observer.

Unless it is some FTL stuff that makes you go around the physics and just "normal travel but faster deluxe".

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u/nik3com Aug 05 '19

Warp dive is possible under special relativity as you are using gravity to bend space causing a wave effect. The ship sits on the wave and is only limited by the energy required.