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Relativistic Spaceship Simulator (dmytry.github.io)

submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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This dude made a simulation of what it would look like from a spaceship accelerating towards the speed of light. Click in the upper half of the acceleration slider to move forward.

https://dmytry.github.io/space/

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (3 children)

Neat visuals but I don't think this is in any way accurate... Tell me how I crossed all those lightyears in about 60 seconds while only traveling at around 95% the speed of light.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 9 months ago

It simulates at 1 year per second, 31 million times normal speed.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago

Each second is one year on your spaceship. Look in the lower right corner.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Relativity? A light year is a measurement of distance, not time. A ship traveling at.95C would only take 4 months to travel 1 light year from the perspective of the crew. To outside observers it would take a over a year.