Recent content by Katt7777

Yes, I agree very good article. Thank you for the link yuiop.:smile:

Thanks Nugatory:smile: I was hopeful that I didn't misunderstand some facet of special relativity. I was also thinking that the captain would perceive a .433 ly distance with his shipboard instruments. Thanks for the verification.:cool:

If someone could check my guess I'd be grateful.:smile:

Nugatory, please bear with me while I attempt to be more accurate. The captain measures that he has a little over 6 months of breathable air left on his ship with instrumentation that is on his ship. The captain just past a space buoy that says his destination is .866 ly away. This distance was...

Thanks for the replies, Let's try a little different angle, A captain and his spacecraft are moving at a velocity of .866c, which has a Lorenz factor approximating 2. His destination is .866 light years away, and he has only enough breathable air for a little over 6 months. Will he still...

Thank you for your reply Naty1, The links are nice especially the one about rapidity. So you believe that in order to maintain a constant acceleration that more and more fuel will need to be used because of the increase in mass / kinetic energy of the spacecraft . Are you sure this...

A spaceship has managed to accelerate to 86.6% of lightspeed. Focusing on special relativity would fuel consumption remain the same, better, or worse as opposed to traveling at non-relativistic velocities, what about breathable air? I understand that the rate of fuel consumption would...