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Data/object transfer using light particle slipstream?
Hey all...
...in doing some thinking, I came up with a question for the forum.
What would preclude someone from using the slipstream area behind a light beam to transmit data and/or objects at the speed of light?
"Slipstream" is defined as: "The area of reduced pressure or forward suction produced by and immediately behind a fast-moving object as it moves through air or water." Think automobile racing and "drafting" close the the rear bumper of the car in front of you. A pocket of pressure is created behind a moving mass of molecules (in the example, it's a car...in my question, it's a beam of light) that actually creates a pull in the same direction as the object it is created by.
The two things I can think of (with my limited knowledge) that might make this impossible are:
1. Objects being too massive to reach the speed of light (but what about data?)
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2. Air pressure. There is no air in space. I'm guessing that air is needed to form the pocket of pulling pressure behind a moving object.
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3. Does a beam of light even create a small slipstream behind it as it travels?
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-Charlie.
"The only certainty is that nothing is certain."
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