From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos
From Address: liam{at}valentijn.nu
Subject: Re: Scroll through the universe!

ToolPackinMama schreef op 23-2-2014 18:54:
> Do I understand this correctly?  If I hitch my wagon to a star that is
> moving away from me faster than the speed of light due to the universe
> expanding, will I, like, totally not move because you know, relativity?

Uhm, any movement is relative I think. :-)
The Earth speeds around the sun, so we, because we are on her surface, 
move along with it. But not relative to the planet itself, unless we 
walk, or drive, or swim, or fly, or whatever, in which case we change 
our relative position on her surface. Only when we rocket away from 
Earth, to another orbit or outside Earth's influence all together, we 
would move independently.

If we tried to reach a star that due to the expansion of space /seems/ 
to be moving further away from us at a speed greater than the speed of 
light, we would still move relative to the position where we started 
from. As for actually reaching that star, I'd say forget it. Unless we 
could really build a Warp Drive, or create some kind of Wormhole thingy. 
Things that fall under the heading of SF, or at least really wild 
speculation.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faster-than-light

But maybe there are people in this group that are actual scientists that 
can explain it better.
I only read up on stuff once in while, and hope to understand and 
remember it correctly. :-)

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Motto of the 104th Infantry Division (United States)

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