Near Light Speed Travel Possible After All?

Posted by Zonk on Saturday February 11, 2006 @09:48AM from the best-part-about-space-travel-is-you-can-leave dept.

DrStrabismus writes "PhysOrg has a story about research that may indicate that close to light speed travel is possible. From the article: 'New antigravity solution will enable space travel near speed of light by the end of this century, he predicts. On Tuesday, Feb. 14, noted physicist Dr. Franklin Felber will present his new exact solution of Einstein's 90-year-old gravitational field equation to the Space Technology and Applications International Forum (STAIF) in Albuquerque. The solution is the first that accounts for masses moving near the speed of light.'"

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Re:Make sure you account for everything by Dogers · 2006-02-11 09:52 · Score: 5, Insightful

Weapons don't need to stop..

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Re:Make sure you account for everything by Arctic+Fox · 2006-02-11 10:47 · Score: 5, Insightful

I think you need to reevaluate that.

For a traveller on the ship it would only seem like months. For the people left behind it would be years.

Look here. http://members.tripod.com/wmhxbigguy/Theory/time.h tml