THREAD about time travel: A common misconception is that time travel is either impossible or the technology is so far in the future as is to be irrelevant. This is actually not the case. 1/8
Leaving aside the theoretical possibility of traveling backwards in time, traveling forward in time at an accelerated rate has been understood for well over a century now. 2/8
It was even confirmed in a 1971 experiment where two atomic clocks were synchronized, and one was flown twice around the world in a jet. It ended up behind its twin on the ground, meaning it had "traveled" to the future! 3/8
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The proposed calculations for it are relatively straightforward. You only need to be traveling at a speed that is some percentage of the speed of light for the shift to be noticeable, and as you get closer to the speed of light you can move faster for through time. 4/8
In your subjective experience of time, only a few hours or days have passed, whereas outside, days, months, years, even centuries have passed. Technologies that could get us there include the fusion ramjet, or even solar sails. 5/8
Indeed, the US military proposed a project called Orion in the 1950s that would've used atom bombs to propel a starship at a rate that could start to see serious relativistic effects for the crew. 6/8
The limiting factor is propulsion, & the willingness to spend possibly trillions of dollars in achieving this. 7/8
This is why I thank you in advance for being willing to take on this impossible effort to get me & my family very quickly into next spring! We will NEVER forget your sacrifice but I think all of us can agree 2020 sucks & at least one of us has to make it out. 8/8
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