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   From: jtem01@gmail.com   
      
   On 10/24/25 2:51 PM, jojo wrote:   
   > JTEM wrote:   
   >> On 10/23/25 5:22 PM, jojo wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> how would we know it went faster than light?   
   >>   
   >> We could still send conventional signals at light speed. So the   
   >> confirmation message, traveling at light speed, would arrive   
   >> sometime after the message.   
   >>   
   >> You only need to do this once to prove the concept.   
      
   > wouldnt it create a logical problem? lets say light takes 1 second to   
   > reach it, but it travels 5x faster, so the detector receives a signal   
   > before its sent by the transmitter?   
      
   That would be the whole point!   
      
   The immediate application would be interstellar communication. There's   
   a big delay even when communicating with equipment on Mars!  Imagine   
   other solar systems...   
      
   So if it worked, but only to an extant as you describe, that cuts the   
   time down by more than 80%!!!!!   
      
   Under a hyper funking SciFi scenario? We might put a detector on Mars   
   or in an orbiter beyond Mars, equipped with the detector & transmitter.   
   Then when something bad happens we immediately send it, and it arrives   
   before it left. Then it immediately repeats the message back to us,   
   arriving still further before we sent it. Maybe we could avoid the   
   negative event, or start responding before it even strikes?   
      
      
      
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