Beam me up Scotty

[expat]

Well warp factor X may be on the horizon, well a very distant horizon viewed throught the wrong end of a two back to back pairs of binoculars

Breaking the light barrier

Matt

[H]

"An astronaut moving beyond light speed would theoretically arrive at his destination before leaving."
That was done years ago right here on Earth -- the C147 lifted me off Guam and then landed me in Hawaii the day before.

"Without it, the Sun could not shine, and some scientists believe the universe itself only came into existence because of tunnelling."
Another theory undermined and brought to light?

8-)

[TacitBlue]

Okay, so they got light to travel faster than light... How does that bring us any closer to getting objects to travel faster than light?

[H]

Okay, so they got light to travel faster than light... How does that bring us any closer to getting objects to travel faster than light?

At the moment it just makes the load light -- we won't be breaking the theorized law: not exceeding the lightspeed limit while still going faster.
Hey! If we can apply this to radar guns, won't that decrease the relative distortion -- it'll read out that we're going slower while getting there in the same amount of time?
I'm not saying that quite right but I'm just trying to wake up...

8-)

[MOUSY]

Rather serious implications. Violating the laws of relativity?
Almost too good to be true... but I take this "cum grano salis".
As a physics student and teacher, this is all a matter of measurement and interpretation.

[Jakemaster]

Okay, so they got light to travel faster than light... How does that bring us any closer to getting objects to travel faster than light?

LMAO!!!!! Funniest line I've seen today!  Think about it this way, if you can make the speed of light faster then you can travel faster because you can go as fast as the faster speed that light now travels

[MOUSY]

Okay, so they got light to travel faster than light... How does that bring us any closer to getting objects to travel faster than light?

LMAO!!!!! Funniest line I've seen today!  Think about it this way, if you can make the speed of light faster then you can travel faster because you can go as fast as the faster speed that light now travels

LOL!
That was a killer!
LMAO!

[Steve-O]

Rather serious implications. Violating the laws of relativity?

No laws on the matter yet. Just theories.
So violate it all you want.

[TacitBlue]

Okay, so they got light to travel faster than light... How does that bring us any closer to getting objects to travel faster than light?

LMAO!!!!! Funniest line I've seen today!

[Jakemaster]

Okay, so they got light to travel faster than light... How does that bring us any closer to getting objects to travel faster than light?

LMAO!!!!! Funniest line I've seen today!  Think about it this way, if you can make the speed of light faster then you can travel faster because you can go as fast as the faster speed that light now travels

Sort of like raising the speed limit on the highway?

I tend to agree with MOUSE ACE, it's all in the way you look at it. Either that or it shows that the speed of light isn't a constant or limiting factor.

...then again, I'm in a little over my head with this kind of thing. :-?

Or like raising the boiling point of water, things get hotter!