Distance Length Contraction at Light Speed

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Distance length contraction at light speed
I know it's not possible to travel at light speed so this is just theoretical. As I understand it at relativistic speeds the distance you need to cover to travel to a destination are length contracted. If you were traveling at light speed is the distance between you and any object ever zero?
 
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MikeeMiracle said:
I know it's not possible to travel at light speed so this is just theoretical.
No, not "theoretical", "unanswerable". Since you can't travel at the speed of light, it makes no sense to ask what would happen if you could. There is no answer.

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