Problem with time travel is that the planet moves at a considerable speed, so you need to catch up or sit in empty space where earth is going to be in x years..
Seriously.... when you are simply standing in one spot on the planet and not trying to move, does the planet suddenly move away from under you?
So, why would it do so if you were in a time machine that didn't move itself through space either?
Yes, its obvious that travelling through time means travelling through space, but either way the earth is just going to carry you along with it, so as far as the immediate environment is concerned, you don't actually seem to move at all.
If you travel back in time by six months and don't change position or velocity the earth will be about 300000 miles away on the othe side of the sun
You sure know a lot about something that doesn't exist.
I came back through time to tell you that time travel works by opening a wormhole through time that's attracted by the matter around it, so when you walk through that wormhole through time, you still end up in the same place on Earth that you started. Your worst problem would be a tree or building being there instead, but that will just block the exit so just means that you can't get through.
"Your worst problem would be a tree or building being there instead, but that will just block the exit so just means that you can't get through"
Or you end up trapped in a void in the material created by the 'exit gate' and become entombed in the wall, suffocating to death. Or perhaps your atoms will become fused with the wall's.
If we ever develop "Timegate technology", I hope the system has sensors that can see what's on the other side before anybody steps through.
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Problem with time travel is that the planet moves at a considerable speed, so you need to catch up or sit in empty space where earth is going to be in x years..
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Why?
Seriously.... when you are simply standing in one spot on the planet and not trying to move, does the planet suddenly move away from under you?
So, why would it do so if you were in a time machine that didn't move itself through space either?
Yes, its obvious that travelling through time means travelling through space, but either way the earth is just going to carry you along with it, so as far as the immediate environment is concerned, you don't actually seem to move at all.
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If you travel back in time by six months and don't change position or velocity the earth will be about 300000 miles away on the othe side of the sun
You sure know a lot about something that doesn't exist.
I came back through time to tell you that time travel works by opening a wormhole through time that's attracted by the matter around it, so when you walk through that wormhole through time, you still end up in the same place on Earth that you started. Your worst problem would be a tree or building being there instead, but that will just block the exit so just means that you can't get through.
Re: Enjoy outer space (Score:2)
"Your worst problem would be a tree or building being there instead, but that will just block the exit so just means that you can't get through"
Or you end up trapped in a void in the
material created by the 'exit gate' and become entombed in the wall, suffocating to death. Or perhaps your atoms will become fused with the wall's.
If we ever develop "Timegate technology", I hope the system has sensors that can see what's on the other side before anybody steps through.
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This happened in real life.
Almost all of the Navy sailors (all but 2) became enmeshed / "fused" with the ship's metal floors / walls /etc.
Research The Philadelphia Experiment.
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