this post was submitted on 11 Aug 2025
362 points (96.4% liked)

Science Memes

17242 readers
635 users here now

Welcome to c/science_memes @ Mander.xyz!

A place for majestic STEMLORD peacocking, as well as memes about the realities of working in a lab.



Rules

  1. Don't throw mud. Behave like an intellectual and remember the human.
  2. Keep it rooted (on topic).
  3. No spam.
  4. Infographics welcome, get schooled.

This is a science community. We use the Dawkins definition of meme.



Research Committee

Other Mander Communities

Science and Research

Biology and Life Sciences

Physical Sciences

Humanities and Social Sciences

Practical and Applied Sciences

Memes

Miscellaneous

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
 
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] Venator@lemmy.nz 8 points 2 months ago (14 children)
[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 24 points 2 months ago (10 children)

I once did the calculation. If you accelerate at a lovely 9.81 m/s^2 you reach light speed in about a year or so. So if you time it right and decelerate with the same rate you can reach about any place in the nearby universe in about two years.

Just need to figure out this pesky energy problem. And hopefully not collide with cosmic rays on the way.

[–] itslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 months ago (7 children)

And to time it right, you need to either not reach light speed, or have some external help to decelerate. Every clock or circuitry you bring with you also slows to a halt

[–] Forbo@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Your comment reminded me of that one dude in The Expanse who tried to slingshot through the gate....

[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 months ago

a mind blowing experience

load more comments (5 replies)
load more comments (7 replies)
load more comments (10 replies)