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One of Many · **Thu Mar 13, 2003 9:52 pm blah blah blah**

Why I hate startrek:

Startrek ships travel at 9 times the speed of light, apparently. Well everyone knows this is impossible for matter, as an objects weight would increase to infinity when it reaches the speed of light. The only thing that can travel this fast is light, because light is made of photons, of which have 0 mass.

Also, time slows for an object, incrementally, the faster it travels. If a spaceship were to travel at half the speed of light (this could be possible in the future), it would appear to have travelled into the future when it arrives back at earth (having travelled at that velocity for some time).

Does anyone wish to correct if I am wrong? Or do you have any comments?

Zeke Zabertini · Captain Joined: 13 Sep 2002 Posts: 4832

I have no feedback except to ask... Why join this site if you hate Star Trek?

PrankishSmart · **Thu Mar 13, 2003 10:42 pm**

This explains how a warp drive works - http://ditl.org/scitech/datwarp.htm

BTW, ships travel faster than 9 times the speed of light. I think your getting confussed with warp 9. Warp speeds are incrementally cubed. For example, warp 9 is 1,516 times the speed of light. Warp 9.9 is 3,053 times the speed of light. Warp 9.99 7,912 times the speed of light. goto http://ditl.org/scitech/datwarpscales.htm

Zeke Zabertini · Captain Joined: 13 Sep 2002 Posts: 4832

Jesus... That's way too technical.

Captain Skyline · Vice Admiral Joined: 09 Aug 2001 Posts: 6646 Location: UK

Thing is, its just a Sci-Fi Show its not designed to be completly true, for example there is no sound in space but yet you can hear explosions and whatnot.

Godzilla* · **Fri Mar 14, 2003 10:36 am**

I really can't it.

PrankishSmart · **Fri Mar 14, 2003 10:39 am**

There are other sci-fi shows worse for their unexplainable tech *cough*star wars*cough*

Godzilla* · **Fri Mar 14, 2003 10:40 am**

I really can't get it.

Achilles · **Fri Mar 14, 2003 11:00 am**

Star Trek isn't real, it's a fun show to watch. The technology they use doesn't necessarliy have to be possible in reality as it's not real.

tom_88_2 · **Sat Mar 15, 2003 11:38 pm**

very true

voyagerlr · **Sun Mar 16, 2003 2:49 pm**

indeed, whats fun about old and used technology, whats make television is the new and exciting!

mr_glyn · **Sun Mar 16, 2003 3:19 pm 0% mass?**

Nothing can have 0% mass .. it wouldn't exist
There is a calculation which is someting like

Mass=Densityx volume

So light can't be nothing the particals are weighed by mass i think?

Zeke Zabertini · Captain Joined: 13 Sep 2002 Posts: 4832

Don't be so narrow minded.

One of Many · **Wed Mar 26, 2003 12:00 pm Re: 0% mass?**

Lt.BirdGod · **Fri Mar 28, 2003 6:29 pm**

Light is composed of particles that behave as a wave.

BTW, Its just fun to watch, and my friends like to consider how we could actually develop the technology.