Sorry, time travel hopefuls. Even if you get it right, someday, it’s going to go wrong. Although this would’ve made a great alternate ending for Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure. [Buzzfeed]
Been thought of. The whole moving in time and not in space concept is as old as the idea of time travel itself. So you’d have to go back in increments of 24 hours.
Yes but while the earth would be facing the same way, relative to the sun, you’d be about 2.5 million kilometres away from where you started as the earth moves around the sun.
Not to mention that the entire solar system is moving as well, I think you’d have to be able to move in space, as well as time to make it work.
Your theory is correct but your statement is not. This forms the basis of my much publicised paper that details the theory of faster than light space travel using time travel as the primary source of movement. It’s quite simple really once we work out how to calculate the re-entry location- and of course, work out how to time travel…
There are 2 possible ways around this – the first being launching and landing in empty space then travelling conventionally back to Earth, or the other is to look at the sphere on Seven Days. It shoots up into orbit and comes back down onto the now moved planet.
Grant Burton
Friday, May 7, 2010 at 11:43 AMthats why you have a tardis… time and space machine….
shaun2k
Friday, May 7, 2010 at 12:05 PMBeen thought of. The whole moving in time and not in space concept is as old as the idea of time travel itself. So you’d have to go back in increments of 24 hours.
David Monagle
Friday, May 7, 2010 at 12:29 PMYes but while the earth would be facing the same way, relative to the sun, you’d be about 2.5 million kilometres away from where you started as the earth moves around the sun.
Not to mention that the entire solar system is moving as well, I think you’d have to be able to move in space, as well as time to make it work.
Martin Olminkhof
Friday, May 7, 2010 at 12:33 PMI think you mean increments of 1 year
Simon
Friday, May 7, 2010 at 1:29 PMIncrements of one year still wouldn’t work…the sun isn’t the centre of the universe.
shaun2k
Friday, May 7, 2010 at 4:39 PMDamn. I knew I messed that up when I wrote it! :D
Pear
Friday, May 7, 2010 at 12:21 PMIf you could get a time machine capable of transporting matter I’m sure you could calculate where the destination is going to be in space.
Anyway yeah matter, good luck with that.
Brenton S
Friday, May 7, 2010 at 12:32 PMYour theory is correct but your statement is not. This forms the basis of my much publicised paper that details the theory of faster than light space travel using time travel as the primary source of movement. It’s quite simple really once we work out how to calculate the re-entry location- and of course, work out how to time travel…
SteveJones
Friday, May 7, 2010 at 1:47 PMNeeds a space anchor
Josh Thomson
Friday, May 7, 2010 at 7:02 PMNever mind about the physics and the anatomy of it all, I just laughed at the comic :D
Tomas M
Sunday, May 9, 2010 at 2:38 AMThere are 2 possible ways around this – the first being launching and landing in empty space then travelling conventionally back to Earth, or the other is to look at the sphere on Seven Days. It shoots up into orbit and comes back down onto the now moved planet.