How about this.
The capsule with the person, food, water, air, and everything else is lets
say has mass of 30 tons, the fuel is what is used in the space shuttle
(liquid hydrogen and oxygen mixed I guess), and the fuel tanks can be as
huge as they need to be and weight an have an unlimited mass.....
You see all I want to know is if it is POSSIBLE, according to classical
physics, (ignoring relativity) to travel faster than the speed of light if
you have enough fuel. Personally, I do not care what the mass of the craft
is. The craft can be 100 tons or 100,000 tons.
If I have been rude I APOLOGISE.
If someone could calculate this, using any fuel they want, with any mass of
any craft they want to use, I would REALLY appreciate it.....
Best Regards,
William
If I have offeded you I apologise. It is just that I get tired of hearing
people talk about relativity every single time when someone speaks about FTL
travel. Please forgive me.
>I've tried to be REAL patient with you - but you've just hit the wrong
>button. I'll try to keep this non-inflamatory, but for anyone with frail,
>delicate ears, you may want to pass this up:
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>Now listen here, you ignorant little puss ... You've already been told
>that if we are to use simple Newtonian mechanics (ie: chuck Einschmuck's
>relativity out the window), then you still need to tell us the MASS of the
>vehicle involved - what kind of propulsion it is using - it's aceleration
>curve - and other important factors which you have neglected to address.
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>Once you have those factors, then you don't need *US* - what you'd need is
>a CALCULATOR.
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>Finally, until you can ask a question in a CIVIL manner, maybe you should
>get the hell out of here? I don't take kindly to people who fly off the
>handle so easily.
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