Tunn11
Justified & Ancient
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- Nov 23, 2005
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Not sure whether this is the right place so Mods please shift this if there is somewhere better.
My questions for the team are as follows.
How easy or difficult would it be to navigate if you were travelling either at lightspeed or at a significant percentage of lightspeed?
Assuming travel through wormholes is possible is it possible to determine where the wormhole emerges? If so and it was at a huge distance what problems does this give? (all the stars would be in different positions compared to how they are seen on Earth not only because of a different viewpoint but also of their proper motion)
If you came out in a distant galaxy, part of the Virgo supercluster for instance would you be able to even determine where you were?
Part of my reason for asking is because I was thinking about the locations of homeworlds supposedly given to contactees by the UFOnauts, etc. If the locals asked where are you from and you actually had no idea wouldn't you be tempted to say something based on their level of knowledge? Therefore answers that seem nonsensical to us may be the result. The sky, may be acceptable to a stone age culture, whereas maybe Venus, Sirius (The brightest star) The pleiades (noticeable) The nearest star, or somewhere that you wouldn't know. After all if you've just stepped out of some awesome technology and an amazed local asks "Where are you from?" "Fucked if I know." doesn't sound that convincing.
My questions for the team are as follows.
How easy or difficult would it be to navigate if you were travelling either at lightspeed or at a significant percentage of lightspeed?
Assuming travel through wormholes is possible is it possible to determine where the wormhole emerges? If so and it was at a huge distance what problems does this give? (all the stars would be in different positions compared to how they are seen on Earth not only because of a different viewpoint but also of their proper motion)
If you came out in a distant galaxy, part of the Virgo supercluster for instance would you be able to even determine where you were?
Part of my reason for asking is because I was thinking about the locations of homeworlds supposedly given to contactees by the UFOnauts, etc. If the locals asked where are you from and you actually had no idea wouldn't you be tempted to say something based on their level of knowledge? Therefore answers that seem nonsensical to us may be the result. The sky, may be acceptable to a stone age culture, whereas maybe Venus, Sirius (The brightest star) The pleiades (noticeable) The nearest star, or somewhere that you wouldn't know. After all if you've just stepped out of some awesome technology and an amazed local asks "Where are you from?" "Fucked if I know." doesn't sound that convincing.