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Acceleration up to speed of light... Hi... Once I worked out that if a spacecraft were able to accelerate Constantly, at ONE G-FORCE.. ie: 32ft/sec/sec it would take approximately 2.5 years to reach the actual speed of light (relative to Earth) point of departure.. Which would also be practical as it would mean the astronauts would be able to live comfortably as they would experience the same gravity as if on Earth... Anyway, as with the doppler effect, at that speed, would they not notice different constallations in different colours? But, as nothing stops them reaching faster and faster speeds, could the spacecraft break the "light barrier"?? ..
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