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Originally Posted by Lanny_McDonald
Depends on the possible technology. Yes, if you are exposing a living creature to extreme gravity it is likely to be torn apart. But in the vacuum of space is there gravity to tear the creature apart when travelling at the speed of light? What if you're not traveling at the speed of light, but instead using gravity to bend space from a distant point and bringing it to you?
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To this point, I think the tic-tac technology - and ultimately any vehicles that could hit Mach 13-15 with human occupants - would ultimately need to compress matter infront of the vehicle and expand it behind.
Essentially the vehicle isn't moving at those speeds; it's "pinching" through the space around it. Effectively this is an Alcubierre Drive, although likely not realistic to build one (for a variety of reasons). That said, I don't think it's technically
impossible.