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Old 01-18-2004, 01:43 PM  
Rictor
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Originally posted by MaskedMan
First of all... the Earth is spinning, and rotating around the sun... correct? In fact, it's going at an incredible rate of speed.

Now, if time travel was to be true, it would infact allow you to travel through time, NOT space.

Meaning, if you were to jump through time so much as 5 minutes.... or even less.... then the Earth would have continued to spin and move while you stayed stationary.... meaning when you reach the time destination... you will either be stuck inside the planet or launched out in space.

If you seriously think you can start in a room, travel through time and end up inside that same room... you're very much mistaken.
Couldn't you travel to a time when the position of the earth was the same as when you left? It would limit destinations but it might be possible. Or would that be thrown off by the fact that the whole galaxy is also moving through space while the earth rotates around the sun?

I guess my real question is...is the earth ever in the same place twice?
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