Quote (TropicalDude @ Mon, May 25 2009, 12:23am)
If one was able to fly faster than the earth's rotational speed, in the same direction, eventually one would go to the future?
And to go back in time, one would fly in the opposite direction?
Wrong.
#1. you need a gravitational field LARGER than the earths (AKA, a neutron star...)
#2 you need to be "spinning" in the opposite direction that the electrons of the objest(your craft) is spinning. (to efectivly "stall" the energy of the electrons and the information encoded on them, so that the craft and you, are no longer "moving" through time)
#3 you need invincibility (THINGS cant kill you) and EXTREMELY prolonged life(the decay of energy takes a prolonged period). this is because you will be neutral in deep space for a prolonged period, because you have to wait for time to "move" past you.
its IMPOSSIBLE to "move through time" but it is possible to "stall" time so that you can efectily "fall behind" the time-line of earth.
basicly, to understand what im talking about you have to understand what the 4'th dimention (time) is and how it works...... here....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnURElCzGc0&feature=fvstthe link is carl sagan explaining the 2'nd, 3'rd and 4'th dimention. he NEEDS to explain the first 2 for you to comprehend the 4'th dimention.
This post was edited by XSergeX on Jun 11 2009 03:14pm