kalkulat@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-211 months agoLight-Speed Spaceships Would Have Trouble Phoning Homewww.iflscience.comexternal-linkmessage-square139fedilinkarrow-up1285file-text
arrow-up1285external-linkLight-Speed Spaceships Would Have Trouble Phoning Homewww.iflscience.comkalkulat@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-211 months agomessage-square139fedilinkfile-text
minus-square∟⊔⊤∦∣≶@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·11 months agoIt’s mechanical, so each atom is pushing against the ones immediately next to it, and so on, until other end moves. It would be interesting to work out how much a metal bar the length of our solar system would compress when you push it…
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It’s mechanical, so each atom is pushing against the ones immediately next to it, and so on, until other end moves.
It would be interesting to work out how much a metal bar the length of our solar system would compress when you push it…