Is there friction in space at light speed?

So, short answer; yes, friction could become a factor at very high speeds, even in space. And even that would depend on the region of space through which one travels.

Why cant we travel at the speed of light space?

For centuries, physicists thought there was no limit to how fast an object could travel. Only massless particles, including photons, which make up light, can travel at that speed. It’s impossible to accelerate any material object up to the speed of light because it would take an infinite amount of energy to do so.

Is there no friction in space?

While outer space does contain gas, dust, light, fields, and microscopic particles, they are in too low of a concentration to have much effect on spaceships. As a result, there is essentially zero friction in space to slow down moving objects.

Why don’t we have friction in space?

Since there is no friction in space I have seen many answers like: because we don’t have infinite energy, because of gravity, because it is impossible, because of physics. But they don’t really answer my question..

Is it possible to accelerate a spaceship to the speed of light?

But in situation I think you are having on your mind, this is not so – flying such spaceship, you can have constant force pushing the ship with constant uptake of momentum that translates in always accelerating motion that’s diminishing in the way that speed of the ship is approaching the speed of light, but in no finite time gets there.

What happens to an object with no force at rest?

Objects at rest with no forces on them remain at rest. A usual way to apply a force on an object here on earth is to take advantage of friction, of course, but you can also push and pull on things that have no friction (just make sure the force is applied perpendicular to the surface or your hand will slip).

How much friction is there in motion?

So motion really doesn’t need friction at all! So perhaps what you’re asking about is CHANGES in motion. These also don’t require friction. Newton’s first law states that objects with no external forces on them will continue to move in the same direction at the same speed.