Relativistic Travel
Prerequisites:
Required Theory:
 Required or Contributory Development:
  • some type of Rocketry and
  • either Self-Supporting Spacecraft or
  • Hibernation-Based Spacecraft
 Contributory or Required Observations:
  • 1
  • 2

Description:
    This is the technology of moving about the galaxy in spacecraft that move slower than light (but still quite quickly).  While interplanetary travel is possible (but imprecise) without a good understanding of the underlying mechanisms, interstellar travel is not.  At the speeds required to travel interstellar distances in reasonable time, relativistic effects will make such a vessel unsurvivable without work.

    Depending on preferences, this could require some kind of sensing device to make sure interstellar debris isn't in the way.
Provides:
Allows Theory:
  • 1
  • 2
 Allows Development:
  • Relativistic Spacecraft
  • 2
 Allows Technology:
  • Relativistic designs for Spacecraft (interstellar)
  • 2

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