So what you are saying is that if we posit FTL we can ignore the relativistic effects? In other words, don't let science stand in the way of a good story. That is ok.
So nobody has yet offered any explaination of any difference between FTL and Light Speed in terms of the relativistic effects... so I ask my question again, why posit FTL if there are no imaginary benefits and it behaves exactly the same as traveling at the speed of light?
Hi Dave, I understand that. The crux of my question revolves around what does FTL offer that ##C## does not? If traveling at 99.99r% of ##C## gets me on my ship from A to B in an instant (irrespective of the distance involved), what imaginary benefit does FTL give over and above this? I just...
"Why then does one need to posit FTL? What perceived or imaginary advantages does FTL provide?"
Why are they foolish questions? None of the FTL posts I have read offer any imaginary advantages to FTL, so I am asking why people posit it in the first place.
Hi again Ibix, everything you have said is a given for ##C## or close to it, but it still doesn't explain the fascination and benefits of FTL. (Oh and green smells like anchovies... trust me.)
I notice that quite a number of threads revolve around FTL matters. My understanding is that if a body is traveling at the speed of light, then according to its on-board clock, departure and arrival are instantaneous irrespective of the distances involved. Why then does one need to posit FTL...
Peter, Pero and Ibix, FTL is a fascinating distraction and gives rise to all manner of paradoxical scenarios that would be interesting to incorporate into a SF novel, so I have saved this post and would like to come back to you for 'technical advice' on the subject after I finish this current...
To keep it psudo real, I have decided to impose a limit of 99.99995% for the Alcubierre drive. It keeps the calcs easier and somewhat understandable for readers. Going beyond light speed is to far into the unknown and is unnecessary. At light speed the onboard experience is arriving at the time...
Hi Peter, Thanks so much for your help and pleased to see my calcs are not too far off the mark. Earth is Point A and a fictitious exoplanet called Arkaedis is point B. I am proposing that both Body 1 and Body 2 start at rest at Point A and finish at rest at point B. Hope that helps?
Mike
Hi Pero, Absolutely correct so that is where we need some fiction in the science fiction. I am going with this unless you can suggest some other fiction? "Waldo Hasser perfects the Alcubierre warp drive with the integration of a quantum singularity to generate the necessary folded geometry of...
Body 1 travels 48 light years from point A to point B at 82% of light speed.
Body 2 leaves point A 33 years after Body 1 and travels the 48 light years to point B at 99.99995% of light speed.
What I think I know:
Body 1 takes 58 years to reach point B according to an earth observer.
Body 1...