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Originally Posted by Nuri
Thanks Matt, that's also a nice simple explanation. So theoretically, if time gradually slows down as you go faster and stops at the speed of light, is it logical to assume that it starts going backwards as you (theoretically) keep accelerating faster than light? I don't recall the Enterprise going back in time at Warp 2?  |
That's because of the physics employed by the drive system of the Enterprise. The warping of space around the ship only occurs in a confined area surrounding the ship itself...in a bubble surrounding the ship, where the warping of spacetime is confined to the "surface" of the bubble. The space that the ship sits in is not being affected by the warp field. It's being pushed along by the warp field. Essentially, the ship isn't breaking any laws of physics by traveling
through space faster than c. It's space itself...the bubble in which the Enterprise sits, which is traveling along faster than c.