The Physics Of Lightspeed Travel: Why It May Remain Science Fiction

Space — the final frontier. These are the words that introduce every episode of classic ‘Star Trek,’ the show that essentially popularized the concept of traveling the stars at the speed of light – or faster. While ‘Star Trek’ has accurately predicted a lot of technology, its depiction of an interstellar society will probably never be realized. So just what is preventing us? A lack of alien neighbors? Our refusal to give up money-based capitalism in favor of whatever

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