1/17/13

Near lightspeed space travel - not so cool as we think



have you ever watch a sci-fi movie, in far future when space ship already develop an empire flet move from point a to b with FTL jump(faster than light) and enter hyperspace?? the stas outside turn into long streaks of ligh and you're off.

its onne of the most memorable scene in space travel ever created, but its also likely turn out to be pretty far from reality. according to a study by a group of students from the U.K.'s University of Leicester.

The study, titled "Relativistic Optics Strikes Back," was published in the University of Leicester's Journal of Physics Special Topics. You can indulge in all the delicious physics equations in the abstract.

lets imagine if there a certain space ship accidentally wandered in our solar system, on direct course to our sun, and if the space ship engaged in near lighspeed travel, the light,star,universe around it wouldnt appear to stretch out, but it would look more like dis of like (like in wallaper)

The Doppler effect is to blame for spoiling George Lucas' vision of high-speed space travel. In this case, it's a Doppler blue shift caused by electromagnetic radiation (including visible light) moving toward the observer. According to a release on the study, "They would simply see a central disc of bright light as Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation is shifted into the visible spectrum."

the study didnt just ruin our imagination but it also show that pressure would pretty much unbearable. The pressure on the spaceship would be like having it at the bottom of the ocean. On top of all that, harmful X-ray radiation would be a major problem for Wookiees and humans alike.

with this we know why we need "fiction" in "science fiction" if a certain space ship If the Millennium Falcon clung stubbornly to the laws of physics, the whole space battle animation franchise wouldn't be nearly as much fun.



How space travel look in movie



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