Time Travel - Is it Possible?

[Nickhouse]

Time travel has already been done in the 1950s or 60s. 2 atomic clocks were used, 1 stayed an the ground, 1 went up in a plane. After some time flying around, the plane landed, the 2 clocks compared, and they were a few nano secs. out helping prove the theory of relativity. But you can only go back in time by traveling faster but I suppose that you could argue that the clock on the ground went forward in time ...........

[The_Big_K]

Originally Posted by Nickhouse

Time travel has already been done in the 1950s or 60s. 2 atomic clocks were used, 1 stayed an the ground, 1 went up in a plane. After some time flying around, the plane landed, the 2 clocks compared, and they were a few nano secs. out helping prove the theory of relativity. But you can only go back in time by traveling faster but I suppose that you could argue that the clock on the ground went forward in time ...........

There you go, Nick!

Your post reminds me of "The Twin Paradox" ! I guess 'Brief History of Time' has the best explanation of the phenomenon.

Btw, do we have any neo idea of a time machine (which actually travels through time, back & forth)?

-The Big K-

[aashima]

Well it seems impossible to know that time travel is actually possible but even that too is a true notion that something which we can't even think of today will possibly be present in the near future.
But considering the scenerio of today, I don't think it will be possible. Competeing the speed of light is not a child's play and its a topic that has been pestering the scientists who have been trying to turn time travel to reality. And even if we somehow manage to travel faster than the speed of light, job after that i.e. to capture the required waves of one's past doesn't seems that feasible.