Do you think we will be able to create something that can travel at the speed of light?

Question: Do you think we will be able to create something that can travel at the speed of light?
- Keywords:
  invention,
  light,
  speed of light
Asked by aka Agent Jellybean to Anna, Hayley, Iain, Rebecca on 24 Jun 2015.
- Iain Bethune answered on 24 Jun 2015:
  
  No, according to General Relativity (thanks Einstein!) only massless objects can travel at the speed of light. Everything else, even particles with a tiny mass can only get very close to the speed of light.

aka Agent Jellybean commented on 24 Jun 2015:

Thank you, I didn’t know that.

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Question: Do you think we will be able to create something that can travel at the speed of light?