Originally Posted by MinaH:
“So for interstellar travel - time dilation would be something relevant to take into account when estimating the ages of the spaceship occupants when arriving at various stellar systems having travelled close to the speed of light during the course of the trip.”
“So for interstellar travel - time dilation would be something relevant to take into account when estimating the ages of the spaceship occupants when arriving at various stellar systems having travelled close to the speed of light during the course of the trip.”
Except that the prospects of getting close enough to the speed of light for time dilation to matter are not good. The amount of energy required is the killer. And the engineering. That's a killer too.




I'm not a big fan of his documentaries but here, ad libbing, he was on great form. +1
*Keanu Reeves' voice implied*