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Light-Speed Spaceships Would Have Trouble Keeping In Touch
https://www.iflscience.com/bad-news-for-interstellar-travel-light-speed-spaceships-would-have-trouble-keeping-in-touch-77687
Communication is key. That’s true on Earth and it’s true in space. But in space, you need to contend with a crucial fact of life. The speed of light is finite and distances between worlds are pretty big; between star systems they are enormous. A recent analysis envisions what it would be like to communicate with a spacecraft traveling close to the speed of light. And it is certainly not good news.
originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/855950
https://www.iflscience.com/bad-news-for-interstellar-travel-light-speed-spaceships-would-have-trouble-keeping-in-touch-77687
Communication is key. That’s true on Earth and it’s true in space. But in space, you need to contend with a crucial fact of life. The speed of light is finite and distances between worlds are pretty big; between star systems they are enormous. A recent analysis envisions what it would be like to communicate with a spacecraft traveling close to the speed of light. And it is certainly not good news.
originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/855950