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.
Enjoy outer space (Score:2)
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.
Re: Enjoy outer space (Score:5, Interesting)
Re: Enjoy outer space (Score:2)
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
Even if you ignore the motion of our solar system in our galaxy, and our galaxy in the universe, your math is off by about 620x.