Fun Fact Science

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(07-29-2024, 11:57 PM)KillerGoose Wrote: Time travel is theoretically possible, but only into the future. This is due to time dilation, which causes a person to experience time differently when they are exposed to high gravitational forces and/or high speeds. A perfect example is present all through Interstellar. When Coop goes down to the water planet, he is on the planet for a little over three hours from his perspective. However, from Earth-time perspective he was on the planet for over 23 years. He has effectively time traveled and this is accurate according to our current understanding of astrophysics.

Great movie. It's also the plot for the second Ender's Game novel. Ender goes off into space for 10 years comes back to Earth a 1000 years have passed and instead of the savior of humanity he's a conqueror that committed genocide of an alien race.



Fun Fact Science! There's like 5 or 6 Rollercoasters in the USA that have the Zero-G Stall. The Zero- G Stall is when the Rollercoaster rotates you upside down as it climbs then as it descends it rotates you upright the speed and rotation causes Zero Gravity so the riders float in their seats. I think the closest rollercoaster with this feature nearest to Cincy is the Steel Vegance at Cedar Point.