Light and time - again. - 06/04/16 08:46 PM
Sascha Vongehr says:
http://www.science20.com/alpha_meme/fundamental_nature_light-75861
The math looks fairly simple, but I think I must have become lost somewhere in trying to use it.
I'd be grateful is someone could de-fog me; idiot level, please.
http://www.science20.com/alpha_meme/fundamental_nature_light-75861
Quote:
In fact, we would experience about one second of travel time between earth and moon, if we moved with a velocity v that equals light velocity divided by the square root of two: v=c/√2. At 90% light velocity, i.e. at v=9c/10, our travel time will be only a third of a second! At 99.9% of the speed of light, the travel time we would experience has reduced to a thirtieth of a second, or 33.3 milliseconds.
The math looks fairly simple, but I think I must have become lost somewhere in trying to use it.
I'd be grateful is someone could de-fog me; idiot level, please.