https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/1503.05845/Collected HN comments and submissions linking this paper.enMon, 02 Nov 2026 11:16:22 GMThttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25234437urn:hackerpapers:mention:1503.05845:25234437Sat, 28 Nov 2020 01:55:00 GMT<p>&gt; There is exactly 1 mass you can accelerate to any speed you want. YOU. Still not true. YOU have rest mass ant therefore the faster you go, the more of the energy used for momentum transfer will be converted to relativistic mass, thus preventing you from ever approaching the speed of light in any frame of reference. Local time has nothing do with that. Sure, you once you exceed ~70.7% c time in your local frame of reference will tick so slow that you perceive less time than an observer on Earth would see light take to get to your destination. But in any frame of reference that&#x27;s more or less…</p><p><a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/1503.05845/">Paper and discussion history</a>. A mention is not an endorsement.</p>gr-qc