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Old 03-03-2011, 10:11 PM
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I get E=mc2 in relation to nuclear reactions, but how does this relate to accelerating a particle to C?
The "m" part of the equation....do the maths with even the slightest amount of mass and the "E" part of the equation goes through the roof. Travel at "c" and the "E" part becomes infinite. In other words, accelerating any object with mass to "c" takes an infinite amount of energy. So, you cannot travel precisely at "c".
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