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Old 10-24-2004, 09:53 PM
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Originally Posted by MooK
ok...so i was posting on a different topic about time travel and it got me thinking...
(all this is based on the theory that if you look at something a lightyear away that we are seeing that object one year in its past)
All these scientists cannot figure out the mystery of the begining of the universe...Could we send out a gigantic mirror(assuming it won't be broken and nothing obstructs our view of it) use a super powered telescope and if the mirror is far enough out see back in time to the begining of time?

or if thats not possible could we send out a mirror not so far off and look at it(having it reflect back at us) and see our past on Earth?
For that to work you would need to get the mirror out there faster then the speed of light, but it wouldn't work anyway because what it reflected back would still take the age of the Earth to get (reflect) back to us. So no.
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