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Baylor physicists propose way to travel faster than light
Baylor University physicists Gerald Cleaver and Richard Obousy have submitted a paper to ArXiv.org explaining how an engine could bend the rules of physics to travel faster than the speed of light without violating Einstein’s theory of relativity.
According to Discovery News, the proposal “involves expanding the fabric of space behind a ship into a bubble and shrinking space-time in front of the ship. The ship would rest in between the expanding and shrinking space-time, essentially surfing down the side of the bubble.
“The tricky part is that the ship wouldn’t actually move; space itself would move underneath the stationary spacecraft. A beam of light next to the ship would still zoom away, same as it always does, but a beam of light far from the ship would be left behind.
“That means that the ship would arrive at its destination faster than a beam of light traveling the same distance.”
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By BS
July 28, 2008 12:42 PM | Link to this
Yeah, right. Let’s fund this brainiac idea with tax dollars.
By Derek James
July 28, 2008 12:46 PM | Link to this
“In other news, former Baylor president John M. Lilley was seen exiting the presidential home near campus at speeds previously unrecorded.”
By Do What Dude???
July 28, 2008 9:47 PM | Link to this
Elementary Please. Remember Waco is Rated Worst City to raise a family based on education.
By Phillip
July 28, 2008 10:01 PM | Link to this
Please don’t disrespect someone’s idea until you actually have some idea of what they’re talking about. Anyone that’s taken even an elementary Physics course understands that some things are not easily understood, but are proven through Physics (i.e. Einstein’s theory of relativity).
By Fred
July 29, 2008 7:20 AM | Link to this
And next week on Baylor Power Rangers………