Category: Technical!

• Proposed “Warp Drive” is Still Science Fiction

  The Voyager 1 space probe is (as of 7:01 AM US Eastern time yesterday morning) 17 hours, 5 minutes, and 43 seconds of light travel time from Earth. That means sending a radio signal one way to the probe takes just over 17 hours, and any response from the probe will take an additional 17…

  Matthew R. Francis

  November 29, 2012

  Astronomy, Physics, and Related Fields, Technical!

  general relativity, gravitation, spaceflight