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.
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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.
Re:Enjoy outer space (Score:2)
does the planet suddenly move away from under you?
Yes, with about 30km/s or 20miles per second.
On top of that the whole solar system moves with a few thousand km per second thought the universe.
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Relative to you, when you are standing still, no.... the earth does not move.
Similarly, for a time machine that had no additional mechanisms for also travelling through space, the earth should not move relative to it either.