Warp Speed would kill Capain Kirk and Mr. Spock

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Radiation from H+ atoms? Only if it were combined with another Hydrogen to create Helium - hard to see it happening from that stance, but it can happen if the ship runs into Hydrogen at the speed of light knocking out the proton cores of larger elements the ship is made of making the ship itself a nuke bomb. This is my guess, who the hell knows. LOL
 
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Radiation from H+ atoms? Only if it were combined with another Hydrogen to create Helium - hard to see it happening from that stance, but it can happen if the ship runs into Hydrogen at the speed of light knocking out the proton cores of larger elements the ship is made of making the ship itself a nuke bomb. This is my guess, who the hell knows. LOL
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You know how radiation works... right? They work by passing through your body at a very high speed. At warp speed or at the speed of light, hydrogen protons and electrons will be going through the ship... and your own body-- so at that speed it IS radioactive to US.
 
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Think about what's gng on in the sun - Hydrogen combines with another to form helium. Since the Helium has a lower energy level than the fast traveling Hydrogen, it emits the extra energy as radiation. That's what I understand. So how do high speed H+ atoms merely passing through emit radiation?
 
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Think about what's gng on in the sun - Hydrogen combines with another to form helium. Since the Helium has a lower energy level than the fast traveling Hydrogen, it emits the extra energy as radiation. That's what I understand. So how do high speed H+ atoms merely passing through emit radiation?
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It doesn't... it BECOMES it.
 
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No way! I got to read up on that subject! Thanks!
 
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No way! I got to read up on that subject! Thanks!
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An analogy... the penny:

A penny wouldn't kill you if someone threw one at you, but if someone was to drop one off the CN Tower (or the Empire State Building), it becomes lethal.

That's all radiation is... atoms travelling at a high speed passing through objects.
 
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I see, at the proton level really messing things up. Reactions we primarily observe on Earth are lower speed at the electron level - merely a scratch of heat transfer.
 
Didn't those spaceships have a "warp bubble" to prevent them from any external damage or whatever?
 
Interesting. Perhaps if we discovered some kind of hull material that would protect humans it would be possible.


I really love this comment. The Treckies know more than the scientists. :rofl2:

The presentation was duly reported by New Scientist. But what surprised Edelstein was the response of readers. Hundreds of readers commented on the paper. Some, devoted to the Star Trek brand, suggested that Edelstein was clearly wrong. The response from both the media and readers has made Edelstein laugh.
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souggy said:
An analogy... the penny:

A penny wouldn't kill you if someone threw one at you, but if someone was to drop one off the CN Tower (or the Empire State Building), it becomes lethal.

That's all radiation is... atoms travelling at a high speed passing through objects.
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that penny thing is a myth.... although its dropped from that heigth it will never travel faster than its terminal velocity which is reached way before it reaches the ground. Additionally the terminal velocity of a penny has been proven that it is not lethal.
 
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that penny thing is a myth.... although its dropped from that heigth it will never travel faster than its terminal velocity which is reached way before it reaches the ground. Additionally the terminal velocity of a penny has been proven that it is not lethal.
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Aka... "analogy." Why you have to be so technical?

Everyone knows about the penny-drop urban legend: CN Tower in Canada; Empire State Building; who else know in other countries.
 
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Keep in mind you have to assume the same anology as the penny traveling towards you at light speed. We're not talking about whole atoms displaced, at that speed we're talking whole atoms (proton nuclei) disintegrating.
 
Why don't they just shoot a penny with enough inhertia to get to near the speed of light to see what happens to the penny? :laugh2:
 
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Haven't you heard? That experiment is taking place in an accelerator on the French-Swiss border.
 
hohDougRN said:
that penny thing is a myth.... although its dropped from that heigth it will never travel faster than its terminal velocity which is reached way before it reaches the ground. Additionally the terminal velocity of a penny has been proven that it is not lethal.
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Yeah, I saw that on Mythbusters. ;)
 
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