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Excursions at the Speed of Light

Posted by Zonk on from the nice-bike dept.

D4C5CE writes "S/F fans can finally find out what you really get to see at relativistic velocity, and tourists are one step closer to "doing Europe in a day" in these amazing Space Time Travel simulations of the Theoretical Astrophysics & Computational Physics department at the Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics Tübingen. They put you in a driver's seat that both Armstrong the Astronaut and Armstrong the Cyclist would equally enjoy, in simulators built to ride a bike at the speed of light."

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  1. YEAH by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Gay NIGGERS forever.... GNAA
    will own slashdot....!

  2. Re:First Post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll


    You Do Not Fail it! Praise our Glorious Leader!

  3. Caution: Chinese Weaponization of Space by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll
    We must proceed with caution by ceasing these speed-of-light simulations. The Chinese would surely use them to advance their space-weaponization program.

    Note that the Chinese space program is completely under the auspices of the Chinese department of war. By contrast, in the USA, NASA is an entirely civilian effort.

  4. FUCK YOU, YOU ARROGANT PRICK! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    It is also a little sad that most people don't understand the difference between speed and velocity. What, you want to travel at a constant speed without turning? Gee, you are going to miss the sights! Turning requires acceleration, and making a turn at a standard intersection at high speeds does imply some serious G forces.

    Fuck you.

  5. Re:Sounds like a wonderful experience... by Stankatz · · Score: 0, Troll

    All this is, of course, assuming Einstein was right (and I think some experiment somewhere proved these effects to be correct)

    Of course he was right. He stole all his ideas from some of the greatest scientists of his time. He didn't include any references in his paper and pretended that he just came up with his ideas entirely on his own. To explain this irregularity, the media portray him as one the most intelligent people ever to have walked the earth. Einstein was a freud... I mean fraud. Oops, Freudian slip.