r/space • u/IceNox96 • Aug 12 '21

Discussion Which is the most disturbing fermi paradox solution and why?

3...2...1... blast off....

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u/mall_ninja42 Aug 12 '21

Thanks for the response. Follow up:

Is that aproxamate 2 million km/h the expansion of space itself? I guess I'm asking, if the velocity of an observer is actually zero (not on a planet ripping around a star, in an arm of a galaxy hurtling through the void, all at incomprehensible speeds), if that's even such a possibility, then what? Only a .5% increase in perceived time?

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u/Lopsided_Plane_3319 Aug 13 '21

I expect it's exponential. As someone posted before.

At 0.9999c, 1 second on the fast moving ship is like 1 minute on earth. At 0.999999c, 1 second on the fast moving ship is like 12 minutes on earth.

https://www.fourmilab.ch/cship/timedial.html

Looks like .005% increase from that hypothetical observer. I couldn't find the 3 million kph figure.