Timeline for Can we have a civilization living at close to the speed of light?
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| Jun 8, 2021 at 3:43 | comment | added | Joemoor94 | @StephenG right, but I think you can compensate for all these stops, as long as everyone has a schedule planned out ahead of time. | |
| Jun 7, 2021 at 13:23 | comment | added | Justin Thyme the Second | "I didn't see much, going too fast, what did you see?" "Not much, too fast, how about you? "Everything whizzed by. Saw nothing, You?" "Everything was a blur."... "Complete waste of time," | |
| Jun 7, 2021 at 10:10 | answer | added | MolbOrg | timeline score: 2 | |
| Jun 7, 2021 at 9:32 | answer | added | Dvorkam | timeline score: 2 | |
| Jun 7, 2021 at 8:35 | comment | added | D.J. Klomp | A large part of the universe is moving away from us at speeds greater than the speed of light. The closest galaxies are still very far away even when traveling close to the speed of light, I think you won't reach reasonable timescales. | |
| Jun 7, 2021 at 8:01 | comment | added | StephenG - Help Ukraine | visit arbitrarily distant points in the universe in reasonable amount of time This may be problematic, as "visit" implies slowing down to look around and then accelerating up to cruise speed again. That would completely change things as these encounteres would essentially be random for each ship/direction and hence they would be out of sync. If by "visit" you meant "whizz by without slowing down" then that would be less of a problem. | |
| Jun 7, 2021 at 7:52 | answer | added | ZioByte | timeline score: 6 | |
| Jun 7, 2021 at 7:17 | comment | added | Topcode | one issue could be collisions with objects in space. | |
| Jun 7, 2021 at 6:29 | comment | added | Escaped dental patient. | As an aside, this reminds me of the plot of Poul Anderson's "Tau Zero", except in that novel, things go wrong and get a bit out of control for a [spoiler] amount of time. We invite you to take our tour and refer to the help center as and when for guidance as to our ways. Welcome to worldbuilding. | |
| Jun 7, 2021 at 6:24 | comment | added | Escaped dental patient. | I've edited your tags to better fir the nature of the question, feel free to revert if you see fit. (but I'd recommend keeping the reality-check tag). We invite you to take our tour and read-up in the help center as and when for guidance as to our ways. | |
| Jun 7, 2021 at 6:23 | history | edited | Escaped dental patient. |
Swapped tags to fit better.
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| Jun 7, 2021 at 6:09 | history | asked | Joemoor94 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |