Time Travel - A popular topic for both science fiction movies and Stephen Hawking alike. But, how does it work?

Time travel deals with the relationship between time and space. Time, while often thought of as a fixed value, is actually entirely relative to our physical space movement. Let's explore a brief example:

Imagine that we have a new tool that measures both our movement through time and our movement through space. As you read this, it reads: "Movement = 0%" "Time = 100%". Basically, you are using 100% of your potential speed on moving through time. Even as you drive your Ferrari it reads the same. The speed of your car, while great to you, is insignificant on the scale of time. However, if you developed a ship that could reach roughly 150,000,000 meters per second, the meter would read: "Movement = 50%" "Time = 50%". As you increase your movement speed, your speed through time must decrease. They are inversely connected. Your values must equal EXACTLY 100% without question. Therefore, the faster you are moving through space, the slower you are travelling through time.


How could humans use this new-found knowledge? If a shuttle was built that could travel exceedingly fast, humans would be able to "time travel" into the future. One year for them could be 1000 years on earth. After all, they are moving slower through time because they are moving so fast through space.


If you would like to see how fast various speeds are on our meter, you can plug in any value and see the result: Movement =  ((x/300,000,000)(100))% Time = (100 - movement)%