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Interstellar Hydrogen Prevents Light-Speed Travel?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the einstein-brought-in-backup dept.

garg0yle writes "As if relativity wasn't enough to prevent us traveling at light speed, Professor William Edelstein of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine is now claiming that the interstellar hydrogen, compressed in front of the ship, would bring the journey to a shocking end. 'As the spaceship reached 99.999998 per cent of the speed of light, "hydrogen atoms would seem to reach a staggering 7 teraelectron volts," which for the crew "would be like standing in front of the Large Hadron Collider beam."'"

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  1. Re:Do keep up, dear boy... by martas · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    pardon my ignorance, but is spelt really the past tense of spell?

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  2. Re:Do keep up, dear boy... by camperdave · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Personal Pet Peeve:
    Spelled - Constructed a word out of letters.
    Spelt - a type of grain.

    (Yes, I know spelled can be spelled "spelt", but it makes me cringe seeing it that way.)

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  3. We should build a RETARDUS by zymano · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Out of a blue police box.