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Subject: Slipstream Space and Time

I'm an Anarchist. I don't need a government to be a good person, but I'm glad it's here because some of you clearly do.

Is there any evidence to suggest that time spent in Slipstream Space is not in synch with the normal time, the same way that objects moving at extreme speeds will technically be moving slower through time than objects that do not?

Basically, if two bros were born from the same mom within a minute of each other, and one ends up in the UNSC Navy and spends a lot of time in slipspace, would he end up being younger than his twin who did not spend much or any time in slipspace?

  • 02.22.2011 2:50 AM PDT

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I believe since Slip space is in a different dimension, relativistic physics do not apply.
Otherwise we would have some major differences in age between those who space travel and those who do not.

  • 02.22.2011 3:09 AM PDT
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if you study einstein's general theory of relativity, you'll know about this phenomenon as time dilation, which explains why time runs more slowly if you move with close to light speeds.
but this is not relavant to the slipspace thing because time do not gets altered while in slipspace (or as far as i can tell from the novels), but rather, you move physically faster through space than you do in normal space. so, an hour in slip space is equal to an hour in normal space, but in that one hour, you travel further in slipspace than in normal space. then, they have this thing called the cryo tube, which essentially puts you in deep freeze so you dont age.

  • 02.22.2011 3:13 AM PDT

They would be different physical ages just from the fact of cryo-sleep.

  • 02.22.2011 3:16 AM PDT

I'm an Anarchist. I don't need a government to be a good person, but I'm glad it's here because some of you clearly do.

You don't need to be put into cryo-stasis to be in slipspace. You're focusing on the wrong part of the question.

  • 02.22.2011 3:19 AM PDT
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RELEVANT

  • 02.22.2011 3:37 AM PDT

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I think cryo-sleep would make a bigger difference since it essentially puts you in a deep freeze.

  • 02.22.2011 3:54 AM PDT

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You know, faster than lightspeed is possible.

  • 02.22.2011 4:22 AM PDT

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Wrong, slipstreaming is to reduce wind resistance while driving, but wouldn't work around corners because without the resistance, there won't be any downforce.

Slipspace is hyperspeed travel

  • 02.22.2011 4:25 AM PDT


Posted by: Acres 057
You don't need to be put into cryo-stasis to be in slipspace. You're focusing on the wrong part of the question.


To me? Yeah they don't have to be in cryo-sleep. But it's standard procedure.

  • 02.22.2011 4:45 AM PDT

I'm an Anarchist. I don't need a government to be a good person, but I'm glad it's here because some of you clearly do.


Posted by: Cmdr DaeFaron

Posted by: Acres 057
You don't need to be put into cryo-stasis to be in slipspace. You're focusing on the wrong part of the question.


To me? Yeah they don't have to be in cryo-sleep. But it's standard procedure.


Indeed, but the question is about the synchronization or lack thereof between normal time and time in slipstream space.

  • 02.22.2011 4:50 AM PDT


Posted by: Acres 057

Posted by: Cmdr DaeFaron

Posted by: Acres 057
You don't need to be put into cryo-stasis to be in slipspace. You're focusing on the wrong part of the question.


To me? Yeah they don't have to be in cryo-sleep. But it's standard procedure.


Indeed, but the question is about the synchronization or lack thereof between normal time and time in slipstream space.


The only time I've heard of slipspace time and normal time being distorted would be with the crystal in first strike...

  • 02.22.2011 5:04 AM PDT