[klaatumail] Re: travel faster than light
- From: "Whyrmie" <whyrmie@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <klaatumail@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 04 Oct 2011 16:29:08 -0400
Why do I even bother?
I N F L A T I O N
The Universe is not as wide in light-years as it is old in years.
Immediately after the Big Bang there was matter 14 billion light years away
from our currrent position.
It's light has traveled for billions of years to reach us. We and the light
have not traveled from the same location.
There is no "center of the universe".
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bradley, David" <David_Bradley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <klaatumail@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, October 04, 2011 10:17 AM
Subject: [klaatumail] Re: travel faster than light
> Jens,
>
> One has nothing to do with the other.
>
> If EVERYTHING that exists in our universe came out of the Big Bang, then
> we started at the same location as that 14 billion year old light. In
> order for us to reach our position in space before that 14 billion year
> old light did, we would have had to travel faster than the speed of light.
> They estimate the universe is only 14 to 15 billion years old. If the
> light is from 14 billion years ago, as they claim it is, and it's just
> reaching our (telescope's) eyes now, we only had at most a 1 billion year
> head start on it, which means in order for that light to reach where we
> are currently located at the same time we are currently located here, then
> we'd have had to move at 14/15 the speed of light (or faster if the
> universe is less than 15 billion years old) in order to be here now to see
> the light reach here now.
>
> It's got nothing to do with light from our sun (which I believe is 8
> minutes away, not 8 seconds away, but I could be wrong). And light that
> is being created by suns in between the big bang and here isn't what's
> being an issue for me. The specific light is light from 14 billions years
> ago that has taken 14 billion years to reach our point in space where we
> currently are located after travelling between 14 and 15 billion years.
>
> Dave
>
>
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