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minus-squareLexam@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25arrow-down1·6 months agoIf you think about it. Once phase shifted they would basically be gone. Due to the speed of the ship, they would just be left in space millions of miles behind before anyone realizes what just happened.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up14·6 months agoSame issue with a time machine. The Earth moves. Fast. You go back in time a day and you’ll be floating in a void.
minus-square_NetNomad@kbin.runlinkfedilinkarrow-up24·6 months agothat’s why your time machine has to be a vehicle, like a delorean. you just drive to where the earth was, problem solved!
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·6 months ago“Where we’re going, we don’t need a life support system. Oh wait, we really do.”
minus-squareI_Fart_Glitter@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·6 months agoSirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut is about this. It’s the only book of his I really enjoyed.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·6 months agoI read that when I was a teenager in the early 90s and remember absolutely nothing about it.
minus-squarePossibly linux@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·6 months ago The Earth moves Compared to what? Velocity is relative. From the perspective of Earth the universe is moving.
If you think about it. Once phase shifted they would basically be gone. Due to the speed of the ship, they would just be left in space millions of miles behind before anyone realizes what just happened.
Same issue with a time machine. The Earth moves. Fast. You go back in time a day and you’ll be floating in a void.
that’s why your time machine has to be a vehicle, like a delorean. you just drive to where the earth was, problem solved!
“Where we’re going, we don’t need a life support system. Oh wait, we really do.”
Or a flying police box.
Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut is about this. It’s the only book of his I really enjoyed.
I read that when I was a teenager in the early 90s and remember absolutely nothing about it.
Compared to what? Velocity is relative. From the perspective of Earth the universe is moving.