According to Special Relativity, there is an absolute speed limit. a. What is the speed limit...

 

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According to Special Relativity, there is an absolute speed limit. a. What is the speed limit (i.e. what is the value) and what does it apply to? b. C. If we were able to accelerate a spaceship to a speed faster than the limit, would it violate Special Relativity? If we were able to transmit a piece of information faster than the limit (but nothing physical were transferred), would it violate the Special Relativity? d. If we strung a phone wire between Earth and Alpha Centauri, could we use it to transmit a message instantaneously? Explain. e. Hypothetically speaking, if we constructed a solid rod that is four light-years long and suspended it between Earth and Alpha Centauri, could we use it to send a morse code message by moving the rod back and forth in such a way to transmit a message instantaneously? Explain. According to Special Relativity, there is an absolute speed limit. a. What is the speed limit (i.e. what is the value) and what does it apply to? b. C. If we were able to accelerate a spaceship to a speed faster than the limit, would it violate Special Relativity? If we were able to transmit a piece of information faster than the limit (but nothing physical were transferred), would it violate the Special Relativity? d. If we strung a phone wire between Earth and Alpha Centauri, could we use it to transmit a message instantaneously? Explain. e. Hypothetically speaking, if we constructed a solid rod that is four light-years long and suspended it between Earth and Alpha Centauri, could we use it to send a morse code message by moving the rod back and forth in such a way to transmit a message instantaneously? Explain.