I Skylark of Space av E.E. "Doc" Smith är ljusets hastighet ingen gräns alls. Einstein var helt enkelt fel! Skipporna i Skylark-serien använder enkel acceleration och hamnar mycket snabbt, hundratusentals gånger ljusets hastighet. Plus det finns ingen relativistisk tidsförvrängning.
"About three hundred and fifty million miles," he stated. "Clear out of our solar system already, and from the distance covered he must have had a constant acceleration so as to approximate the velocity of light, and he is still going with full...."
"But nothing can possibly go that fast, Mart, it's impossible. How about Einstein's theory?"
"That is a theory, this measurement of distance is a fact, as you know from our tests."
"That's right. Another good theory gone to pot.
Skylark of Space ursprungligen serienummerades 1928 och publicerades först i bokform 1946.
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