Faster-than-light, aka superluminal, space travel was not discovered until centuries later.
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Faster-than-light
Synonyms for "faster-than-light" (3 found)
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12 translations across 8 languages.
Catalan
1 entries- superlumínic adj (faster than light is)
French
1 entries- supraluminique adj (faster than light is)
German
2 entries- superluminar adj (faster than light is)
- überlichtschnell adj (faster than light is)
Icelandic
2 entries- ljósfrár adj (faster than light is)
- yfir ljóshraða adj (faster than light is)
Japanese
1 entries- 超光速 adj (faster than light is)
Polish
2 entries- nadświetlny adj (faster than light is)
- ponadświetlny adj (faster than light is)
Romanian
1 entries- superluminic adj (faster than light is)
Spanish
2 entries- hiperlumínico adj (faster than light is)
- superlumínico adj (faster than light is)
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The new sci-fi franchise, The Expanse, fascinates me, although I have seen only snippets of it in videos and writing. It reinforces my tendency to think that humanity will spend a long time, centuries, within the Solar System. Travel outside the Sun's peripheries will be difficult, as faster-than-light travel seems impossible with current science. Travelling at the speed of light to the nearest star system, the triple-star Alpha Centauri, would take more than four years if it were possible.
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Would faster-than-light travel be possible in the future? We know that in current science, it seems impossible. There are possible workarounds like folding spacetime itself. The Japanese-American physicist Michio Kaku advocates teleportation.
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If you are interested in the theory about tachyons, maybe read the document "Possibility of Faster-Than-Light Particles" by G. Feinberg.
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