Can matter(stuff that has rest mass) travel at the speed of light?

Subject: Can matter(stuff that has rest mass) travel at the speed of light?

Date: Tue Jul 13 06:56:03 1999
Posted by Alan Thomson
Grade level: 10-12 School: The Ley School
City: Cambridge State/Province: No state entered. Country: UK
Area of science: Physics
ID: 931866963.Ph

Message:


I've been told i can't.  Surely, matter is information or can be 
repesented as matter and we can turn information in to light 
signals.  Let's say we could rebuild matter from this 
information; doesn't that meant that the matter has changed 
place at the speed of light.  No weird effect will have taken 
place like infinite mass.  I must be wrong or be making an 
incorrect assumption.

Please help!

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