As you approach C mass approaches infinity, so if you jump forward you will go very very slightly faster than you were previously, but still less than C, and the vehicle you are traveling in / on will slow down in reaction to your jump.
If someone were watching you, they’d have to be going as fast as you and they’d have a similar frame of reference. They probably would have to be following you at enough distance to catch the light that is “bending backward” away from you. The light is actually traveling in a straight line perpendicular to the emission point, but it “falls behind” you ballistically and doesn’t keep pace with you, so to see you your watcher would have to follow where the light will be. Because they’re traveling at the same rate, they will see you normally from their frame of reference.
WoodEye almost 9 years ago
But don’t spill your coffee!
Ida No almost 9 years ago
Moob!kcarc!Pmuhw!
Coyoty Premium Member almost 9 years ago
That sounds like quite a leap.
guy42 almost 9 years ago
As you approach C mass approaches infinity, so if you jump forward you will go very very slightly faster than you were previously, but still less than C, and the vehicle you are traveling in / on will slow down in reaction to your jump.
Duncan Idaho almost 9 years ago
FTL is easy with a big enough engine, it just isn’t very efficient. That’s why I use “wormholes” for instantaneous P2P transitions.
What? Me worried ? almost 9 years ago
Oh ,now I grok !
ziggman14304 almost 9 years ago
If you’re traveling faster than light and turn on the headlights, do the photons get smooshed back onto your windshield?
Coyoty Premium Member almost 9 years ago
If someone were watching you, they’d have to be going as fast as you and they’d have a similar frame of reference. They probably would have to be following you at enough distance to catch the light that is “bending backward” away from you. The light is actually traveling in a straight line perpendicular to the emission point, but it “falls behind” you ballistically and doesn’t keep pace with you, so to see you your watcher would have to follow where the light will be. Because they’re traveling at the same rate, they will see you normally from their frame of reference.