space travel, relativity, and gps

Albert Einstein (1879-1955)

http://lookslikescience.tumblr.com/

What to Tell Your Dog About Einstein

Chad Orzel

http://dogphysics.com/

http://xkcd.com/1071/

"Space is big. Really big. You just won’t believe how vastly hugely mindbogglingly big it is. I mean you may think it’s a long way down the road to the chemist’s, but that’s just peanuts to space."

Nearest Star 24,635,923,200,000 miles

Over 4 years at light speed

http://www.atlasoftheuniverse.com/12lys.html

Voyager I 11 miles/second

Nearest Star 24,635,923,200,000 miles

71,000 YEARShttp://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/files/voyager_share.jpg

Albert Einstein, 1905

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Einstein_patentoffice_full.jpg

Special Relativity:

Nothing can travel faster than the speed of light

c=299,792,458 m/s=186,322 miles/s

Special Relativity:

Nothing can travel faster than the speed of light

c=299,792,458 m/s

Albert Einstein, 1951

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Einstein_tongue.jpg

=186,322 miles/s

The Principle of Relativity:

The Laws of Physics Do Not Depend on How You’re Moving

Galileo Galilei (1564-1642)

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Galileo_Galilei_4.jpghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Galileos_Dialogue_Title_Page.png

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The Principle of Relativity:

The Laws of Physics Do Not Depend on How You’re Moving

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Michael_Faraday.jpghttp://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:James_Clerk_Maxwell_profile.jpg

http://rickmanelius.com/article/power-dork-mode

The Principle of Relativity:

The Laws of Physics Do Not Depend on How You’re Moving

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Goddard_and_Rocket.jpg

http://www.universetoday.com/91857/boris-chertok-rocket-pioneer-dies-at-99/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Apollo_15_launch.jpg

http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2010/0818/ Star-Wars-fans-ask-NASA-to-build-a-hyperdrive

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Special Relativity:

Nothing can travel faster than the speed of light

c=299,792,458 m/s

Albert Einstein, 1951

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Einstein_tongue.jpg

=186,322 miles/s