Re: starship-design: Relativity

[Steve VanDevender <stevev@darkwing.uoregon.edu>]

STAR1SHIP@aol.com writes:
 > In a message dated 1/11/00 4:04:59 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
 > lparker@cacaphony.net writes:
 > 
 >  Okay, who is the resident guru on relativity? I know we have had these
 >  discussions before, but I have more questions. I should never have bought
 >  Taylor & Wheeler....
 >  
 >  Lee
 >  
 > That would be me as KellySt only knows a few below light speed relativity 
 > effects.
 > For faster than light or lesser velocity effects of starships ask your 
 > questions in this tread or email the owner of the site below (me)
 > 
 > Regards
 > Tom Jackson

I'd have to say that from what you've written so far I don't have the
slightest trust that you can intelligently answer questions about
relativity.  Since relativity doesn't have faster-than-light effects
you've already given away that you don't really understand relativity at 
all.

Lee, I'd suggest asking Timothy Van der Linden or me, as we seem to
understand special relativity approximately the way physicists do.