Tonks
18 Apr 2006, 09:46 PM
This morning on the bus ride to work, I was pondering. If light
travels into space, so do the visual representations of everything
that happens on earth. So, if there would be faster than light travel
(yeah I know it's supposed to be impossible, but what the heck) you
could hypothetically build a machine far out in space to catch the
light rays and project them on a screen, so you could see the past as
it really happened.
Think about what a revolution that would be for historian knowledge.
And what a commercial succes, as many older people will want to relive
their happy memories.
Wow, if I asked for a patent on the idea, I would become rich in,
like, ehm, 300 years...? :whistle:
travels into space, so do the visual representations of everything
that happens on earth. So, if there would be faster than light travel
(yeah I know it's supposed to be impossible, but what the heck) you
could hypothetically build a machine far out in space to catch the
light rays and project them on a screen, so you could see the past as
it really happened.
Think about what a revolution that would be for historian knowledge.
And what a commercial succes, as many older people will want to relive
their happy memories.
Wow, if I asked for a patent on the idea, I would become rich in,
like, ehm, 300 years...? :whistle: