Space Travel Theory

so i was playing mass effect where the idea behind FTL travel (faster then light) is magic 'element 0' that can be used to reduce mass thus taking less energy to bla bla bla.

the immediate problem i spotted is the the reason you cant go faster then the speed of light is that even a pea starts to weigh millions of tonnes once you really get going. thus just reducing mass won't do shit. in my thinking i accidentally came up with this.

a method of acceleration that would cause no increase of mass. as going faster and faster causes an exponential increase of required energy to go faster. finally hitting infinity somewhere at or past the speed of light. if you could have a linear acceleration then the problem is solved. for remarkably little energy you could break the speed of light and go several times faster again with no issues cept maybe hitting something in deep space.

I'm not pretending it's possible or that the technology to do it exists but it dose solve the most basic problems of space travel.


any thoughts?

a marvelous new way to do something will not be uncovered unless the thinker in question is able to 'pull in' countless "useless" bits of information and rearrange them in a brand new matter.

unfortunately for the bulk of homo sapiens, those people capable of performing such feats don't come along (in history) very often.

this may seem contrary to an answer but in fact, it is the key to all the problems plaguing mankind at this juncture in time.

of late, stupidity is held on high as it's own reward and people have taken the bait. our evolution, by simple observation, has made cohesive thought the avenue to our success as a species (over all other earthbound species). when we slough thinking in favor of physical prowess then we are running counter to the ONLY evolutionary reason we have succeeded as a race.

no, it's not a direct answer to you question. yes, it is THE answer to your question.

besides, the method for instantaneous transportation between two disparate points, regardless of 'distance', already exists.

and i'm not tellin'.