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A spaceship cannot reach the speed of light, and traveling anywhere near it would create enormous radiation and shielding problems.

Adam Becker · Every Exponential Ends — Silicon Valley Forgot — Adam Becker · 20 Aug 2026

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“particles up to almost the speed of light we know that our theories of you know relativity work in that domain we know that you cannot get a spaceship going that fast and we know that if you got a spaceship going anywhere near that fast it would have enormous problems with radiation and shielding”
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