Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!harpo!seismo!hao!hplabs!sri-unix!Shinbrot.WBST@PARC-MAXC.ARPA From: Shinbrot.WBST@PARC-MAXC.ARPA@sri-unix.UUCP Newsgroups: net.physics Subject: Re: Query - re. Speed of Light Message-ID: <12806@sri-arpa.UUCP> Date: Tue, 18-Oct-83 13:15:00 EDT Article-I.D.: sri-arpa.12806 Posted: Tue Oct 18 13:15:00 1983 Date-Received: Sun, 23-Oct-83 08:42:58 EDT Lines: 6 n sort out the mess above is that not only will the spaceship gain in mass indefinitely as it is accelerated, but the time for which the force is applied will become shorter and shorter. So the spaceship cannot reach c whatever the means of propulsion. - Troy