Re: Faster Than Light Travel - Reply

(snipage!)
> 
> Anyway, enough physics (I am an astronomer afterall).  I suggest that
> everyone with questions about this read the sci.astro FAQ.  A lot of
the
> things we are talking about are answered there.  The http address is:
> 
> http://astrosun.tn.cornell.edu/students/lazio/sci.astro.html
> 
> and I suggest the astrophysics section for stuff on tachyons and
> gravitational waves.
> 
> cheers
> brad

The SCI.ASTRO FAQ page is COOL!! 8-D  What these astronomy/physics texts
don't explain to me...If light has no mass (so it can travel at the
speed of light), how can anyone feel it?  (Go from a dark room, to the
bright sunny outdoors...You will feel a faint differance...That is the
pressure of the light!)  If you can't feel it, how can it possibly
bounce off of things so we can see them?

It is my humble opinion that somethings have been missed.  Whether it is
simply that we humans just don't know...who knows?

My favorite pet explanation of light, is it is a very tiny (quantum
scale) object.	Light bounces at perfect angles like billard balls. 
Automobile headlights don't explode when you are driving down the road
(from the light piling up inside the bulb...the car's speed plus that of
light, puts it over the speed limit).  When you look at light one way,
it looks like a partical (I think it is...)  and when you look at it
another, it looks like a wave (an ocean wave is made up of water
molocules).  You can feel the sun shining on you.

Just MY opinions...

Donald Hosford